> > I like River Hawks, no question about it. But, (pardon my ignorance) what
> > IS an osprey, anyway?
 
 
> Osprey: (Pandion haliaetus) -- <impressive so far, right?????>  A hawk of
> cosmopolitan distribution with a white underside and head, a brown body,
> long pointed wings and long deeply curved opposed pairs of claws on its
> talons.  It feeds entirely on fish.
>
> So says "The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language."
>
 
 
        I know that I'm in the minority, but I like the idea of having the
"UMass-Lowell Ospreys" personally.  As Webster's says, they feed entirely
on fish!! And are the only Hawks to dive COMPLETELY underwater to get 'em
with those "long deeply curved opposed pairs of claws on its talons"!!!
 
        I guess I just have visions of a large, spread-winged Osprey on
the front of the Lowell jerseys holding a hockey stick or something...oh
well.
 
                                                                Dave Guay
 
                                                                Go BU
                                                                  (I guess!)