"Birds of Prey" are birds who hunt for their food (other animals or meat) in flight. When they find…
"Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough-legged Buzzard. "Black Hawk" Adult: Too variable…
"Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Buzzard. "Hen Hawk". Upper surface of tail rich chestnut, with white tip…
"Polyborus auduboni. Common Caracara. General color blackish, the throat, neck all around, and more…
"Pseudogryphus californianus. California Condor. Adult: Blackish, the feathers with browner tips or…
"Haliaetus leucocephalus. White-headed Sea Eagle. "Bald Eagle." "Bird of Washington". Adult: Dark brown;…
"Falco mexicanus. American Lanner Falcon. Prairie Flacon. A medium-sized species, distinguished from…
"Falcons. Bill furnished with a sharp tooth and notch near the end of the cutting edge of the upper…
"Falco mexicanus. American Lanner Falcon. Prairie Flacon. A medium-sized species, distinguished from…
"Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. Duck Hawk. Great-footed Hawk. A medium-sized falcon, about as large…
"Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. Duck Hawk. Great-footed Hawk. A medium-sized falcon, about as large…
"Astur atricapillus. American Goshawk. Blue Hen Hawk (adult). Chicken Hawk (young). Adult: Above, dark…
"Circinae. Harriers. Face surrounded with an incomplete ruff (as in most owls); orifice of ear about…
"Buteo vulgaris. hawk of Europe, Upper parts dark brown, very variable in shade according to season…
"Circus cyaneus hudsonius. American Marsh Hawk, Harrier. Blue hawk. Adult Male: In perfect plumage pale…
"Accipiter fuscus. Sharp-shinned Hawk. "Pigeon" Hawk. Above, dark plumbeous, slate-color, or bluish-gray,…
"Accipiter fuscus. Sharp-shinned Hawk. "Pigeon" Hawk. Above, dark plumbeous, slate-color, or bluish-gray,…
"Ardea. Great Herons. Of largest size, former well feathered all around. Tibia extensively denuded below.…
"Parra. Jacanas. Bill plover-like, contracted in continuity, enlarged terminally; with culmen depressed…
"Rhinochetus jubatus, the Kuga ... has powder-down patches that are profusely distributed over the whole…
Falco tinnunculus. Common Kestral. This bird is a European bird of prey. Plumage on upperside, chestnut-brown…
"Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. Adult: Head, neck, band on rump, and entire under parts,…
Two Swallow-tail and One Mississippi Kite. "Ictinia subcaerulea. Mississippi Kite. General plumage plumbeous…
An Osprey catching a fish. "Pandion haliaetus. Fish Hawk. Osprey. Adult. dark vandyke- brown, blackening…
"Strix nebulosa. Barred Owl. Hoot Owl. American Wood Owl. Toes fully feathered, nearly or quite to the…
"Speotyto cunicularia hypogae'a. Burrowing Owl. Adult: Above, dull grayish-brown, profusely spotted…
"Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. Hoot Owl. Cat Owl. Distinguished by its large size and conspicuous…
"Surnia funerea. American Hawk Owl. Day Owl. Bill and eyes yellow; claws brownish-black. Upper parts…
"Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. Marsh Owl. Ear-tufts inconspicuous, much shorter than middle toe…
"Aluco flammeus pratincola. Barn Owl. above, including upper surfaces of wings and tail, tawny, fulvous,…
"Nyctea scandiaca. Snowy Owl. Pure white, spotted and barred with brownish-black markings, wholly indeterminate…
"Aluco flammeus pratincola. Barn Owl. above, including upper surfaces of wings and tail, tawny, fulvous,…
"Nyctala - Saw-whet Owls. Skull and ear-parts highly unsymmetrical, the the latter of great size, and…
"Squatarola helvetica. Swiss Plover. Black-bellied Plover. Bull-head Plover. Whistling Field Plover.…
"Catharista atrata. Black Vulture. Carrion Crow. Adult: Entire plumage, including skin of head, and…
A group of vultures, three on the ground, eat their prey. Several vultures are approaching those already…
"Philohela. American Woodcock. First three primaries emarginate, attenuate and falcate, abruptly shorter…
"Philohela minor. Woodcock. Bog-sucker. Colors above harmoniously blended and varied black, brown, gray,…
"Philohela minor. Woodcock. Bog-sucker. Colors above harmoniously blended and varied black, brown, gray,…