What a gorgeous bird, Cleve, and nice shots. Looks like a freshly molted one too. We have had some pretty crappy weather too until Friday when it cleared out...
Thanks, Shirley and Dianna. The feathers on that hawk are in good shape, unlike those of most birds that frequent the dead eucalyptus. If you look closely at...
After two weeks without sight or sound, I had pretty much given up on the juvenile great horned owls. I figured they had become more like the adults -- silent,...
Love them all but #4 is my favorite and don't look like they're in the gloom. Nice and sharp - Cleve: you're the best! ... on ... the ... and ... of ... those...
I just joined this group to help me learn more about the hawks and other birds of prey I have in my area (mostly eagles). I live in Nikiski, AK, about 170...
Dear Raptor Watchers, We (Satya Prakash Mehra, Sr Project Officer, WWF-India, Bharatpur Field Office, Keoldeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India &...
Welcome to the group Dorey. It will be interesting to see your pictures to see what you have there in Alaska. In the area of Morro Bay CA where I am, we have...
Dorey: You may be describing a male Harrier, Goshawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Gyr or Peregrine falcon and you also have Osprey (as well as your mentioned Redtail...
Thanks, Bill. I have added an album of birds I've photographed so far and will add more as I can collect pictures. I was told by a local fish and wildlife...
Welcome Dorey...there are other raptors that populate or pass through your area, including goshawks and gyrfalcons...both appear grey. Lucky you! Dianna...
Hi Dorey...Answers to your questions about Alaskan raptors are as follows: 1. When do the birds migrate? According to Brian Wheeler, author of Raptors of North...
Dianna - Thank you very much for the information. It's good to know that the raptors territories will over lap. I was under the understanding the hawks will...
Yesterday was the first sunny morning Morro Bay has seen in weeks. When I arrived at the State Park Marina, I found Kevin Cole who was photographing a young...
Hi again, Dorey: I had not heard of the book, "Raptor Almanac", so I looked it up on amazon.com and found it to be a re-release of a 1996 book "Raptors: Birds...
This coming Sunday - September 21 - at 8:00pm (Pacific), PBS will be showing "Raptor Force." It's a one hour, fascinating program. My DVR is set. This is what...
Thanks Judy, it is a very interesting show. Folks should check their local PBS listing because each PBS station typically has their own broadcast schedule so...
Yahoo seems to change group listings willy-nilly. This group has been moved 4 times in the last couple of years, once to an "adults" area. The people handling...
Pilots used to say that any landing you walk away from is a good one. I suppose fly-away-from counts too. This morning, while waiting in vain for a couple of...
Being the daughter of a pilot, I have heard the comment about good landings more than once. Beautiful pictures. I especially loved the second and the last...
Thanks, Dorey. I've added a few more photos taken yesterday and the day before of an adult osprey, apparently a female, that seems to cruise by regularly to...
I wish the weather here would decide what it's going to do so I could get some bird watching in. It was changing between rain and sunshine until about 4 pm...
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