I just finished a novel where the adult ospreys flew into the nest with 
their "mouths full of wriggling silvery fish".

Georgia McDonald   Towson, Balt Co

Jim Boughton wrote:
> Nothing to do with Maryland, but --- I'm sure some of our experts can 
> advise him, and others will find the question interesting or amusing.
>
> Jim Boughton
> Chevy Chase
>
> Subject: Raptor experts: quick help please
>
> I'm editing a novel in which "a [unspecified] hawk brings down a 
> [unspecified] goose" . . . and I don't buy it.