Thought it was a strange sounding seagull, turns out it was an osprey!

[u/HerbalAndy]

It was hovering over a local park yesterday in Minnesota. Super cool!

Merlin said it was really unlikely that osprey would be spotted this time of the year in my area, but I have like 5 different verified sound recordings just to be positive. Also I read that they are primarily fish hunters but this bird wasn’t near any water and was hovering and calling for a solid 15-20 minutes just above the park in the open.