Editing Osprey (section)

==Cultural depictions==
===Literature===
* The Roman writer [[Pliny the Elder]] reported that parent ospreys made their young fly up to the sun as a test, and dispatched any that failed.<ref name="deVries76" />
* Another odd legend regarding this fish-eating bird of prey, derived from the writings of [[Albertus Magnus]] and recorded in [[Raphael Holinshed|Holinshed]]'s ''Chronicles'', was that it had one webbed foot and one taloned foot.<ref name="Cocker" /><ref name="Cooper92" />
* The osprey is mentioned in the famous Chinese folk poem "[[Guan ju|guan guan ju jiu]]" (關關雎鳩); "ju jiu" 雎鳩 refers to the osprey, and "guan guan" (關關) to its voice. In the poem, the osprey is considered to be an icon of fidelity and harmony between wife and husband, due to its highly monogamous habits. Some commentators have claimed that "ju jiu" in the poem is not the osprey but the [[mallard duck]], since the osprey cannot make the sound "guan guan".<ref name="vogel" /><ref name="jiang" />
* The Irish poet [[William Butler Yeats]] used a grey wandering osprey as a representation of sorrow in ''The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems'' (1889).<ref name="deVries76" />
* There was a medieval belief that fish were so mesmerised by the osprey that they turned belly-up in surrender,<ref name="Cocker" /> and this is referenced by [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] in Act 4 Scene 5 of ''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]'':

{{Poem quote|
I think he'll be to Rome
As is the osprey to the fish, who takes it
By sovereignty of nature.
}}

===Iconography===
* In [[heraldry]], the osprey is typically depicted as a white eagle,<ref name="Cooper92" /> often maintaining a fish in its talons or beak, and termed a "sea-eagle". It is historically regarded as a symbol of vision and abundance; more recently it has become a symbol of positive responses to nature,<ref name="Cocker" /> and has been featured on more than 50 international [[postage stamp]]s.<ref name="stamp" />
* {{Anchor|Provincial bird}}In 1994, the osprey was declared the provincial bird of [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref name="gov.ns.ca" />

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File:Sääksmäki.vaakuna.svg|The osprey pictured in the coat of arms of [[Sääksmäki]]
File:Selous-Scouts-cap-badge.png|[[Cap badge]] of the [[Selous Scouts]] was a stylized osprey
</gallery>

===Sports===
Some sports clubs are named after the osprey such as the [[University of North Florida]]'s [[North Florida Ospreys]] and [[Missoula Osprey]] baseball team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Briggeman|first=Kim|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-now-it-has-a-name/158640817/|title=Now, it has a name|newspaper=[[Missoulian]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=January 22, 1999|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>

"Seahawks", another term for osprey, is also common among sports teams. The [[Seattle Seahawks]], a professional [[American football]] team in the [[National Football League]], received their identity from a naming contest, defeating 1,740 others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/the-a-z-on-how-the-seahawks-got-their-name-95956 |title=The A-Z On How The Seahawks Got Their Name |publisher=Seattle Seahawks |date=June 17, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref> According to team general manager [[John Thompson (American football executive)|John Thompson]], the name "shows aggressiveness, reflects our soaring Northwest heritage and belongs to no other major league team."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-no-names-name-seattle/158640849/|title=No-Names' name: Seattle Seahawks|newspaper=[[The News Tribune]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 18, 1975|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>

===Other===
So-called "osprey" plumes were an important item in the [[plume trade]] of the late 19th century and used in hats including those used as part of the army uniform. Despite their name, these plumes were actually obtained from [[egret]]s.<ref name="birdnotesnews" />

During the 2017 regular session of the [[Oregon Legislature]], there was a short-lived controversy over the [[western meadowlark]]'s status as the state bird versus the osprey. The sometimes-spirited debate included state representative [[Rich Vial]] playing the meadowlark's song on his smartphone over the House microphone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/lawmakers_adjourn_2017_session.html |title=Lawmakers adjourn 2017 session with mixed results for biggest priorities |website=OregonLive.com |date=8 July 2017 |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref> A compromise was reached in SCR 18,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SCR18/Enrolled |title=SCR 18 |website=state.or.us |access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref> which was passed on the last day of the session, designating the western meadowlark as the state [[songbird]] and the osprey as the state [[bird of prey|raptor]].