Loved this shot - hadn't seen an osprey drop his wings quite like this, but it reminded me of an angel. Many thanks, random fish hawk, for cooperating... :)

Common Kestrel hovers above my head

Female Sparrowhawk

this Raptor gives the surroundings an unyielding inspection on a cold morning above the snowy meadow

I'm never a hundred percent sure of the id between the Sharpie and a Coopers but he seemed to be a young adult with eyes turning a yellow/orange on their way to red. He also has the strong appearance of the "Cooper's cap" and did seem to be more crow-sized. I did not get a good enough look at the tail formation to be sure so I'll leave it to any who might feel more definite about the id.

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This Red Taied Hawk was scanning the grass below when it caught my movement and glared at me.

Lanner Falcon ( Mediteranean, N. Africa) . Close up portrait

There are bound to be confrontations when two different raptors share the same hunting territory. The smaller Short-eared Owl always tries to chase away any Harrier in in what it thinks is 'his' local hunting area. It is always very exciting to observe such wild animal behavior.

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Female Sparrowhawk.

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No excuse for the clipped image, this thing moved very fast

Just a fern, but for some reason it reminds a raptor's foot.

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Raptor flying around the tree tops at RSPB Burton.

It's a juvenile Bald Eagle, processed for the Thursday Monochrome and Monochrome Bokeh Thursday groups.

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heard the crows going crazy and sure enough there were about 20 of them cawing up a storm about this guy

Last one of four starring Meeney the kestrel.

Had to shot him through the branches - saw him on a walk through the neighbourhood.

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We got close to this Osprey and its breakfast due a developing drama above us. A bald eagle was circling with, we suspected, plans to coerce this Osprey to drop its meal. The Osprey's mate was busy chasing off the questionable character, to a happy ending. We later saw the two Osprey fly off together, this one carrying the meal. We could then proceed across this bridge on our hike.

I posted this in 2019, and decided today to redo with better noise reduction software: DxO PureRAW 3.

These small raptors have become more fearful of humans (us) in the past four years.

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Lowercase Noises - Rushes

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This Northern Harrier looked my way for a fraction of a second as she continued on searching for prey. I find these to be striking birds.

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Taken late afternoon just as the light was turning a beautiful gold yellow colour,never usually that lucky.

Red-shouldered hawk, (Buteo lineatus), my favorite raptor, glares at the lens while blending so well into its background; Laguna Lake; SLO County; CA; USA

Raptor Food Fight

Being able to watch the magnificent eagles fighting over food at Conowingo Dam is a great privilege

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Yet, another cloudy yucky day here, but I managed a shot of the female American Kestrel high over a field hunting. Warrington PA.

While in the middle of moving into a new flat i saw somenthing landing on the roof of the neighbour building. Looking closer it was a sparrow hawk. I quickly grabbed my camera and got some nice shots. So cool to have these raptors in the middle of the city.

Munich, Germany

Ed R. Levin County Park, Milpitas, Santa Clara County, California

A majestic and powerful eagle and maybe the largest raptor found in the country. A full grown adult eagle is around 80-90 cms tall with a wingspan of around ~6-8 feet. These weigh around 3-4.5 kgs - roughly 50-60% heavier than a Greater Spotted Eagle which is the common large raptor we see in our state..

During our recent Desert national Park trip, we sighted many of them all over the national park - they were just sitting on the ground alone and a few times in a group. On this day, we sighted 3 of them together with 2 Griffon vultures behind them - it was an awesome sight for me. All of these were impressive sized raptors - majestic, fearless and with a muscular / bouncer kind of look.

The birds probably had roosted the whole night in the open ground. They are hunters, but mostly scavengers and sometimes claim kill from other birds like the Falcons, harriers etc.. They also hunt reptiles, mammals like Fox, the young ones of Deer/ Antelopes, Ducks and Geese all of which are found in the desert.

These are national birds of Kazakhstan and are migratory to India during winters. They are very rare in my state, but common in the place I visited.

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Northern Harrier ( Female ) from the archive.....

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San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

We had this visitor to a tree in our back yard.