Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons
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Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons of North America
Although the title of this page is Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons, you can also find Kestrels, Kites, and other birds of prey here. If you are a birder, or just enjoy nature, you will probably enjoy viewing this great collection of photos. Along with the photos, are articles on the various species.
While the birds here are the species that can be seen in North America, in time, other species will be added, if enough interest is shown.
Photo Mark Lanier, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (P.D.)
While the birds here are the species that can be seen in North America, in time, other species will be added, if enough interest is shown.
Photo Mark Lanier, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (P.D.)
American Kestrel, Falco sparverius
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Male American Kestrel
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Male American Kestrel
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Female American Kestrel
The American Kestrel, is the smallest Falcon in North America. It is only about 8 inches long. Their diet consists of rodents, some insects, and even small birds. I have observed them many times using a hovering technique (by rapidly flapping their wings), to remain over a certain area, when they are trying to zero in on prey.
American Kestrel Articles
- Kestrel Chicks Hatch In Boise
- In a story we told you last month, the Peregrine Fund is asking citizen scientists to put up nest boxes and monitor American Kestrel populations across the US The American Kestrel Partnership has a box with a webcam posted at the World Center for Birds ...
- Kestrels, raptors focus of park programs
- Discover the advantages and disadvantages of being a top predator and meet a live American kestrel. Learn why falcons are such efficient hunters and how DDT almost wiped out the peregrine falcon and other raptors. The Wildlife Science Center presents a ...
- Beamer the Eastern box turtle gets around on leg made of Legos
- The peregrine falcon, bald eagle, screech owl, broad-winged hawk, red-tailed hawk, great-horned owl and American kestrel are some of the birds she regularly breaks out to entertain guests at gatherings ranging from town fairs to birthday parties.
- /And the Kestrel's Name is....
- It's official?.the American Kestrel at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center has been named. Thanks to all that voted online, voted at the nature center and to those who gave donations. The name ?Skye? was the top vote-getter. Skye, an American Kestrel, ...
Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis
The northern end of the range of Aplomado Falcons extends into the extreme southern parts of the U.S. They are a medium sized Falcon, with a wingspan of about 3 feet. The FWS has a map, and information on the military's role in recovery plans for the Northern Alomado Falcon. Over a thousand hand raised birds have been released in Texas since 1985.
Aplomado Falcon Photos
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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One-Eyed American Bald Eagle Poster by BestShots
I took this photo myself. This old eagle has some real character, and has seen better times, having only one eye.
Bald Eagle Articles
- Audubon Center for Birds of Prey Releases 450th Bald Eagle into Wild
- By Tom Palmer LAKELAND | Lynda White brought a young bald eagle back to Polk County on Thursday and let it fly freely again. Audubon of Florida EagleWatch Coordinator Lynda White releases a 5-month-old immature bald eagle at Sanlan RV Park in Lakeland ...
- White Bear Lake solution, pumping water in from Bald Eagle, sounds DOA
- By John Brewer Water from Bald Eagle Lake would be pumped into White Bear Lake, where the water level has dropped significantly in recent years, under a proposal included on a list of capital improvements ideas by the city of Hugo.
- Precarious rescue saves bald eagle
- Steve Harding of Campbell River rappels from a seaside tree in Royston to rescue a bald eagle entangled in kite line. The eagle was taken to the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Centre in Merville and is expected to be okay. By Paul Rudan - Campbell River ...
- Our National Mammal
- The United States has a national bird, of course ? the bald eagle, which was adopted as such on June 20, 1782. Last week, Senator Mike Enzi, a Republican of Wyoming, and Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat of South Dakota, introduced a bill to name the ...
Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
Broad-winged Hawks are fairly small. Because of their smaller size, their prey is also smaller on average. They feed mostly on small rodents, but will take prey as small as insects.
Broad-winged Hawk Articles
- Beamer the Eastern box turtle gets around on leg made of Legos
- The peregrine falcon, bald eagle, screech owl, broad-winged hawk, red-tailed hawk, great-horned owl and American kestrel are some of the birds she regularly breaks out to entertain guests at gatherings ranging from town fairs to birthday parties.
- Group troops together on walks of discovery
- By KENT JACKSON (Staff Writer) "That's got to be a broad-winged hawk," she said while looking toward the treetops. Moments later Taylor and the group hiking with her saw the hawk soar through the cloudless sky above the Hazleton rail trail.
- Atmore man gets probation for killing migratory birds, selling feathers
- The other feathers were those of red-shouldered hawks, Cooper's hawks, pileated woodpeckers, a red-tailed hawk, a rough-legged hawk, a broad-winged hawk, a golden eagle, an osprey, a sharp-shinned hawk, a Mississippi kite, a peregrine falcon, ...
- Rockport resident aids injured hawk
- Before Carrier and her fellow good Samaritan stood a bird of prey which was later identified as a broad-winged hawk. The bird could stand and its wings did not appear to be broken, according to Carrier. She said she noticed a small amount of blood on ...
![Gavilán cangrejero [Common Black-Hawk] (Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus) by Cristóbal Alvarado Minic](http://static.flickr.com/4143/4895806267_1e6ccf33c4_s.jpg)
![Gavilán cangrejero [Common Black-Hawk] (Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus) by Cristóbal Alvarado Minic](http://static.flickr.com/4119/4896402092_c6cfa116fd_s.jpg)
![Gavilán cangrejero [Common Black-Hawk] (Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus) by Cristóbal Alvarado Minic](http://static.flickr.com/4118/4896377836_c850abe1ce_s.jpg)
Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
Cooper's Hawk Articles
- Inside the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic: Hidden hawk successfully re-nested ...
- Photo by Jessica Bender A cooper's hawk and a gopher tortoise were among the 43 animals admitted to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Clinic. Other admissions included a double-crested cormorant, three red-shouldered hawks, ...
- Oak Park becomes uncorked for wine festival
- Ticket holders will sample a selection of Illinois wines from 13 Illinois wineries, including the Lynfred Winery in Roselle, widely considered to be the grandfather of the Illinois wine industry, and Cooper's Hawk Winery.
- Area wine region becomes EPIC
- They have one vision and one message, says Tom O'Brien of Cooper's Hawk Vineyards and the President of the former Southwestern Ontario Vintner's Association. ?We make good wine here. We want to be known as from Essex County.
- Burr Ridge restaurants, patrons push for al fresco dining
- By Sandy Illian Bosch sbosch@pioneerlocal.com May 8, 2012 3:54PM Becky Neilsen pours a glass of wine from the decanter and dispenser for Dave Brezak on the outdoor patio at Cooper's Hawk. | Photos by Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media Al fresco is just a fancy ...
Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis
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Mother and Father Ferruginous Hawks with a nest and baby hawks, near the Snake River, in Idaho.
Gray Hawk, Buteo nitidus Photos
Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
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Adult Female Gyrfalcon
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This Gyrfalcon is being used to hunt.
Harris's Hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
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Juvenile Harris's Hawk
Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus
Merlin, Falco columbarius
Mississippi Kite, Ictinia mississippiensis
Northern Caracara, Caracara cheriway
Northern Caracara Photos
Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
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Northern Goshawk with several chicks in their nest.
Northern Goshawk Articles
- Goshawks at Stake in Canyon Logging Project
- (CN) - A 25000-acre, old-growth logging project near the Grand Canyon violates federal law and threatens an already harried population of northern goshawk, environmentalists claim in Federal Court. The Jacob-Ryan logging project on northern Arizona's ...
- Migration switch has been flipped on for birds to Interior Alaska
- A sharp-shinned hawk was captured at the ABO banding station last week, and a northern goshawk was seen near the East Ramp of the Fairbanks International Airport on Tuesday. Northern harriers are being sighted daily at Creamer's Field.
- Birds busy in spring with breeding, nest protecting
- ... darting and screaming, and very successfully scaring me out of its territory. It was a northern goshawk, champion flyer of the forest, which would be well able to defend its big stick nest from fishers, martens, raccoons, and likely even bears.
- Obama putting youth to work this summer
- The young people will help with gathering habitat structure data to carry out management for an area that is habitat for keystone species such as northern goshawk, Mexican spotted owl, and Abert's squirrel. - Mt. Hood Community College will hire and ...
Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier Photos
Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
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As this photo shows, Peregrine Falcon prey items include other birds.
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Peregrine Falcon Chicks.
Peregrine Falcon Articles
- Falcon Hatches at Ohio Power Plant
- Research biologist Jennifer Norris (left) and wildlife technician Ryan Jackson band a female peregrine falcon at Buckeye Power's Cardinal Power Station. (Photo By: OREC/Country Living) A nest perched on the side of a ventilation stack at the Cardinal ...
- 4 downtown Youngstown peregrine chicks banded for tracking
- By Jessica Kanalas Katie Byers, 4, of North Jackson helps Jennifer Norris, Ohio Department of Natural Resources research biologist, and Dan Wright, fish-management technician, band one of the four peregrine falcon chicks that live in a nest atop the ...
- Meet the Newest Library Patrons: Baby Falcons Marigold and Gribley
- Between 1951 and 1988, Illinois' peregrine falcon population was completely wiped out, according to the Peregrine Program. But the numbers have slowly started to grow back?in part because of a 1967 ban on DDT, a pesticide that made the birds ...
- What would you name 4 new peregrine falcon chicks hatched on University ...
- Kristen Bissell and Tim Payne of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources show one of four peregrine falcon chicks that recently hatched in a nesting box at University Hospital. For the second year in a row, the University of Michigan Hospital is ...
Prairie Falcon, Falco mexicanus
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This Prairie Falcon is wearing a hood. This is done to keep the bird calm till it is time to hunt.
Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Red-shouldered Hawk Photos
Red-shouldered Hawk Articles
- Nest mate of rescued hawk sought in Marysville
- Gunderson said she now has the bird ? a red-shouldered hawk ? sheltered in an aviary at her home in Nevada City. But a second nestling from the clutch in Marysville was taken in by a neighbor ? a fact which concerns her. "We're anxiously waiting for ...
- Hawk Rise Wildlife Sanctuary Founder Honored With Medal
- Bernzott claimed that she was inspired to name the area Hawk Rise Wildlife Sanctuary after seeing a Red Shouldered Hawk circling over the Rahway forest. At the next meeting of the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program, she presented the Rahway River forest for ...
- Maverick swoops into Chehaw
- Little Maverick is a juvenile red shouldered hawk and the newest member of the Chehaw family. "He came to us from department of natural resources he was actually picked up by someone who thought he might make a good pet and since he is a wild animal he ...
- Sam Venable: Much meat left after two trucks met
- In early May, I told the sad story of how a red-shouldered hawk apparently dined on our Mama and Papa Bluebird, resulting in three dead nestlings. Lynne Hall Spires of Kingston said a bluebird family at her place suffered the same ill fate ? but not ...
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk
I was able to capture this short video of a White Red-tailed Hawk, beside a highway, before I lost it from my viewfinder, and was unable to get more video.
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Photo of White Hawk
This photo (terrible I know), is the same white hawk in the video. I took the photo from a very long distance and cropped it. The hawk was used to people trying to photograph it, and would fly if you stopped a car within 300 yards of it.
Have You Ever Seen a White Red-tailed Hawk?
Although they are still fairly rare, there are a growing number of these White Red-tailed Hawks. Some people call them partial albinos, because they are white, with black eyes. Others call them Leucistic. I would love to hear from anyone who has seen one. The one that I captured on video, was in Kansas.
It is my guess that this genetic mutation is a dominant trait, because usually recessive traits get lost in the gene pool very quickly.
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karmicchristian
May 14, 2012 @ 12:15 pm | delete
- Another beauty of a lens! Frankly, I do admit that would never be able to notice a Kestrel and a Kite... They are are wonderfully beautiful! :))
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Apr 29, 2012 @ 10:32 am | delete
- Wow. That is one amazing looking hawk. I've never seen a white morph.
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Rough-legged Hawk, Buteo lagopus
Rough-legged Hawk Photos
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Articles
- Hawk banders enjoy big season
- By Kenn Filkins Raptor bander Mike Jones peered out of his blind at Whitefish Point and said, ?There's another sharp-shinned hawk coming in!? As if fishing the sky, Jones used cords to make the lure flap. The hawk dove through the Jack pines and ...
- Bird's-Eye View: Female robins picky about mates
- Close on its tail was a sharp-shinned hawk. That robin got away. One reason we don't regularly see robins in December or January is that they gather in large flocks and search for food. They eat mostly fruit during our cooler months.
- Atmore man gets probation for killing migratory birds, selling feathers
- The other feathers were those of red-shouldered hawks, Cooper's hawks, pileated woodpeckers, a red-tailed hawk, a rough-legged hawk, a broad-winged hawk, a golden eagle, an osprey, a sharp-shinned hawk, a Mississippi kite, a peregrine falcon, ...
- Feathered Friends: Spring Bird Count finds 157 species
- Osprey, 13; Bald Eagle, 4; Northern Harrier, 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Cooper's Hawk, 6; Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Broad-winged Hawk, 20; Red-tailed Hawk, 26; and American Kestrel, 6. Sora, 2; American Coot, 1; Killdeer, 37; Spotted Sandpiper, 22; ...
Short-tailed Hawk, Buteo brachyurus
Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
The Snail Kite gets it's common name from it's main food item....Snails. This Snake Kite is holding a snail in it's beak.
Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni
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Swainson's Hawk Chick
Albino Swainsons Hawk
Looking at this photo, this hawk doesn't appear to have pink eyes. If the eyes have pigment, I would call it a Leucisitic Hawk, rather than an albino.
Photo: Jackson County, Colorado. Photo taken by Mark Lanier/USFWS of a partial albino on 8/18/06
Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus
Swallow-tailed Kite Photos
Swallow-tailed Kite Articles
- Unusual birds visit North Jersey
- The birds are the swallow-tailed kite and the glossy ibis, and what they have in common is they are typically seen, not heard ? when they are seen at all. Let's start with the rarer of the two ? the swallowtail kite, which resembles an avian ...
- Memorable Day Looking for Stragglers, Breeders
- I watched wood ducks, a swallow-tailed kite, a short-tailed hawk and a red-shouldered hawk heading for evening roosts. I startled a barred owl from its perch. A few black vultures, silhouetted against the evening sky, headed for evening roost.
White-tailed Kite, Elanus leucurus
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JaguarJulie May 22, 2012 @ 6:44 pm | delete
- So many awesome birds ... we have a red-shouldered hawk that frequents our nature area out back. I've seen it up close and personal feasting on a snake. Pretty impressive!
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Apr 29, 2012 @ 10:35 am | delete
- These birds are just so awesome. Quite a few birds of prey here in Colorado. I just love watching them, especially in flight. Would love to see one of those white hawks.
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MelonyVaughan
Apr 29, 2012 @ 10:34 am | delete
- Gorgeous birds! There are a lot of hawks by my house and I love watching them hunt for food.
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BryanLSC
Apr 11, 2012 @ 1:09 pm | delete
- Love this lens! Hawks, eagles and falcons are the coolest! Nice work!
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WriterJanis
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- You have so many beautiful bird photos here.
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