Er, this looks more like a red-tailed hawk.Osprey tails are white with a dark band at the end & their wings are long & narrow.

You may be right, but it was on the smallish side for a Red Tailed Hawk...those are huge birds. I looked both up in Google and think they look almost the same lol...with variants on both sides...what do you think:

Red Tailed Hawk:

Nevada Osprey Chick:

More Osprey:

Well, adult red-tails have a red tail, like in your photo. There's no mistaking that. They are buetos, which are hawks with rounded wings, osprey wings are longer. It could have been a male red-tail, which are smaller than females. If we could see the head on your pic, that would verify it, as ospreys have that bold dark stripe across their eyes on a plain white head, quite different from any hawks.
I've painted them both, so have had a chance to study their details & still think it's a hawk, probably a red-tail, which you photographed. Whichever it is, it must've been a thrill to see.

It was thrilling!!!