Raptors and Owls of the world
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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... :)
Ypache Tsuga
Here, she is sitting on a fence post in front of a beech tree in the garden...She may well be contemplating her name.
Eliot says cats must have three names. Ypache has two. However, I often call her Ypache McClatchey; well, she IS Scottish, after all.
Her middle name is a nod to her mother, Aspyn, named after a beautiful willow tree and, as we had just returned from a road trip from California, through Oregon to Washington, I decided to use the western hemlock or Tsuga.
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
iPad “noir” function.
“When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name
His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name
Name, name, name, name, name, name.”
TS Eliot - ‘The Naming of Cats’
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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Something to make you laugh
When we first started getting into wildlife photography (and still struggling to tell the difference between a chicken and an Eagle) we noticed this 'brownish' bird occasionally exploding from the long grass., then flying off at high speed
Urmm.. was that a small raptor!?
Well no., it's actually a Skylark! durrr! well you have to learn these things!
Taken while I was on the dock out into Lake Hancock at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida. If you look carefully, there is a small fish in this osprey's right talon.
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It was my first time photographing this species. I had seen them before in TX. I was lucky to see this bird at its nest in Patagonia. I love how fierce they look!!
lanner falcon
Lannerfalke
[Falco biarmicus]
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Looks like they are enjoying some puppy tales.
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Seen in Enonkishu Conservancy in the Greater Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya
also called Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
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Circaète à poitrine noire
Schwarzbrust-Schlangenadler
Culebrera Pechinegra
Biancone pettonero
Águia-cobreira-de-peito-preto
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The tawny owl, also called the brown owl, is commonly found in woodlands across Europe to western Siberia, and has seven recognized subspecies. It is a stocky, medium-sized owl, whose underparts are pale with dark streaks, and whose upper body may be either brown or grey.Hooting woodland hunter with silent wings. Without a sound, the tawny owl descends from its lofty perch to snatch unsuspecting rodents from the forest floor below.
It's a juvenile Bald Eagle, processed for the Thursday Monochrome and Monochrome Bokeh Thursday groups.
HMT & HMBT
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.
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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P1360712- Purple Swamphen - Size - 45 - 50 cm
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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) - is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015 (wikipedia)
Also Know as - Grey-headed Swamphen (poliocephalus), Grey-headed Purple Swamphen (poliocephalus), European Purple Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-hen, Purple Coot, Purple Moorhen, West Mediterranean Purple Swamphen, Western Swamphen, Philippine Swamphen (pulverulentus), Australasian Swamphen (samoensis), Sunda Swamphen (indicus)
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