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The western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. Formerly, a number of relatives were included in C. aeruginosus, which was then known as "marsh harrier". The related taxa are now generally considered to be separate species: the eastern marsh harrier (C. spilonotus), the Papuan harrier (C. spilothorax) of eastern Asia and the Wallacea, the swamp harrier (C. approximans) of Australasia and the Madagascar marsh harrier (C. maillardi) of the western Indian Ocean islands.
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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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
I took this image 18 months ago, with an ISO of 8,000
When I took it my Photo Shop skill was basic and no knowledge of noise reduction.
I have since re-edited and this is the result.
This raptor was not too concerned about me...perched about six ft. over a stream waiting patiently.
Magnolia Gardens, USA
In the wintertime, my son and I drive around the countryside looking for raptors. We call it our "raptor run". We have an active eagle nest two minutes from our home and another one that is ten minutes away. We thought that we would be lucky to see four eagles, but to our astonishment we saw eight! We also spotted five Red-tailed Hawks, including the leucistic one that we have not seen since last summer and the American Kestrel pictured above. Total drive time was one hour. (to see pictures of the nests, go to my Bird's Nest Soup album and to see the leucistic hawk, go to my Hawks/Eagles album).
One of their ambassadors during a wildlife day. The raptor center rehabilitates birds that are releasable and houses birds that aren't because of injury or impairment.
I've seen this twice, so I'm not sure it was a coincidence or intentional. A raptor (first time, a Red-tailed Hawk, second time, a Bald Eagle) was sitting on a branch, minding its own business. A Pileated Woodpecker came along and landed above it in the tree. No reaction from the raptor, until the woodpecker let out its very distinctive and loud call. Both times the raptor had a very visible startle response. After the raptor nearly jumped out of its feathers, the woodpecker left. I didn't record the incident, although it would have been amusing. So instead, I will leave you with this image of a Pileated Woodpecker I got last year.
We saw a Red-shouldered hawk briefly the day after our ~30 minute encounter. Then this guy/gal sat on the fence for us a few days later. We've not noticed any reduced squirrel populations but there's hope. The late afternoon sun just touched its tail feathers.
Cube one one Flight F-22A Raptor
From the 3rd Wing Elmendorf AFB Alaska USAF,
arrives at RAF Lakenheath.
Conowingo Dam, MD
The actions really picked up at Conowingo Dam 11/29, non-stop at one point because more than 10 eagles fished at the same time ( I think, because I were busy to fire and no time to count the eagles), someone even said the card was full. And the eagles just ate the small fish in midair.
I believe this is an immature bald eagle? Resting and and watching tourists looking the other way to watch the bison in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone Park. I was the odd one facing the other direction.
Again, another big crop from the 2010 Royal International Air Tattoo, but I couldn't resist. :-)
The F-22 Raptor laying down the 'jelly' on a grey Fairford day. I hope the weather is going to be better this year!