female Osprey & Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)
A very nice spawning event is going on off the seawall here. The herring run attracts a lot of attention from various species.
This one was washed up on shore and being tended to by some hungry crabs.
Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most important food fish.
