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  1. Kestrel

    Kestrel

    Female
    • Andy Hall
    • Media item
    • birds of prey falco tinnunculus falcons kestrel raptors
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Common Buzzard

    Common Buzzard

    My picnic was interrupted by a low pass by this bird of prey.
    • Andy Hall
    • Media item
    • birds of prey buteo buteo comnon buzzard raptors
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Red Kite

    Red Kite

    Red Kite
    • Pheasant Plucker
    • Media item
    • birds of prey raptor red kite
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Kestrel

    Kestrel

    Kestrel enjoying lunch....
    • Pheasant Plucker
    • Media item
    • birds of prey hawk kestrel raptor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Red Kite

    Red Kite

    Red Kite in mono'....
    • Pheasant Plucker
    • Media item
    • birds of prey raptor red kite
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. H

    Birds of Prey ID - Peru (Colca Canyon)

    Hi folks, I wondered if anyone would be able to help me solve a mystery from several years ago. I was just going through some pictures from a trip to Colca Canyon. I have several pictures which are recognisably Andean Condors, but these other ones I'm not sure about. Unfortunately the photos...
  7. Speedy Merlin

    Speedy Merlin

    Not shown, but juvenile Merlin chasing after Belted Kingfishers
    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birds of prey marsh merlin
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  8. Morning Catch!

    Morning Catch!

    Morning breakfast in Mississauga
    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birds of prey marsh osprey
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  9. Osprey

    Osprey

    • Falco Cherrug
    • Media item
    • birds of prey osprey pandion haliaetus scotland udale bay
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Male Lesser Kestrel

    Male Lesser Kestrel

    • creaturesnapper
    • Media item
    • birds of prey spain
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Osprey

    Osprey

    Taken on a trip to Aviemore
    • scottishdude
    • Media item
    • birds of prey
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Revisiting the captivating eye of a Cooper's Hawk

    Revisiting the captivating eye of a Cooper's Hawk

    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birds birds of prey ontario province
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  13. Juvenile Cooper's Hawk giving me the death stare....

    Juvenile Cooper's Hawk giving me the death stare....

    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birding birds of prey north ameica
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  14. Honey Buzzard on the ground (Pernis apivorus)

    Honey Buzzard on the ground (Pernis apivorus)

    On the meadows near the water a Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus) hunts bumblebees and other insects, the movements of this falcon are funny and fascinating.
    • Ornitomania
    • Media item
    • birds of prey falco pecchiaiolo honey buzzard honey buzzard / pernis apivorus honey buzzard pernis apivorus pernis apivorus raptor raptors video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. M

    Spain: vulture or not?

    I moved to Rossell (Province of Castellon in Spain), living in the nature next to the mountains of the Natural Parc "Tinenca de Benifassa", and close to the sea. There are a lot of birds of prey living in these mountains, but as a beginner in bird spotting I don't know much about them...
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    Important notice for anyone working with vulture species

    Hello everyone! I wanted to share an incredible opportunity with all of you who are currently working with or have experience working with vultures. The European Vulture Conference 2023 is extending an invitation to conservationists and researchers to submit abstracts for the chance to showcase...
    • EleniVultures
    • Thread
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    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Event Announcements & Discussion
  17. O

    After a while they found a spot | Cooper's Hawk

    After a chain of misery from the town tearing down trees, and a long forecast of rain, this pair of Cooper's Hawks finally found a spot!
  18. Cooper's Hawk

    Cooper's Hawk

    A Cooper's Hawk perched on a tree surveying his territory for food
    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birds of prey cooper hawk
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  19. Cooper's Hawk

    Cooper's Hawk

    A Cooper's Hawk perched on a branch.
    • OakTreeWatcher
    • Media item
    • birds of prey cooper hawk
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
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    Greetings - Cooper's Hawks Observation/Details

    Hello everyone! I am incredibly new here! I've been observing a pair of Cooper's Hawks from April till now in my neighbourhood in Oakville, Ontario. I've seen the pair switch from three nesting locations which I think is normal but also curious. The first reason the pair had moved was that my...
  21. Juvenile red-tailed hawk stalking chipmunks

    Juvenile red-tailed hawk stalking chipmunks

    My chipmunk friends in the yard finally emerged from their burrows to greet spring, and I wasn't the only one who noticed. This hawk passed on his normal perch in the tree over the driveway and sat on a stump at ground level for nearly an hour watching them scurry around. He didn't get anybody...
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • backyard birds birds of connecticut birds of new england birds of north america birds of prey birds of prey connecticut birds of prey north america buteo jamaicensis buteo jamaicensis red-tailed hawk chicken hawk large birds large brown bird raptor red-tail
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  22. Red-tailed hawk up to no good!

    Red-tailed hawk up to no good!

    I'm going to have to do a lot more road cruising to find birds now, as I'm temporarily closed due to hawks. After finding the remains of three mourning doves in the yard inside of a week, no, the feeders have to come down for a bit. As I was outside taking them down, he chose to pick on the...
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • birds of prey birds of prey connecticut birds of prey north america buteo jamaicensis buteo jamaicensis red-tailed hawk chicken hawk nikon d7100 raptors raptors of north america raptors red-tailed hawk red tail red tailed hawk sigma 15-600mm
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  23. Red Shouldered hawk

    Red Shouldered hawk

    This hawk was sitting on a telephone pole looking for prey below.
    • MicheleFla
    • Media item
    • birds of prey raptor red shoulderd hawk
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  24. Red-headed Vultures

    Red-headed Vultures

    An absolute pleasure to sight these Vultures. Populations have depleted severely in recent years
    • ariban
    • Media item
    • accipitridae birds of prey india jaisalmer old world vultures rajasthan raptors vultures
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Burrowing Owl

    Burrowing Owl

    Burrowing Owl
    • creaturesnapper
    • Media item
    • birds of prey brazil owls
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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