Raptors

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BIRDS


Birds of Prey
Eagles • Falcons • Hawks • Osprey • Owls


Waterfowl
Ducks • Geese • Swans • Cormorants • Loons • Grebes


Near Shore Birds
Bitterns • Cranes • Egrets • Herons • Plovers • Rails • Kingfisher • Phalaropes • Sandpipers


Galliforms
Grouse • Pheasants • Turkeys


Corvids
Crows • Jays


Other Birds
Blackbirds • Cardinals • Chickadees • Creepers • Cuckoos • Doves • Finches • Grosbeaks • Gulls • Hummingbirds • Kinglets • Larks • Night Jars • Nuthatches • Orioles • Pigeons • Pipits • Shrike • Sparrows • Starlings • Swifts • Swallows • Terns • Tanagers • Thrashers • Thrushes • Titmice • Towhees • Tyrant Flycatchers • Warblers • Waxwings • Woodpeckers • Wrens • Vireo • Vultures

Local raptors include osprey, eagles, falcons, hawks, barn owls, and typical owls.

Osprey

Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus) Length: 20"-25"; Wingspan: 59"-67"

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) ♀ - © David Malak
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) ♂ - © David Malak

More Osprey Photos

Eagles

Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - ENDANGERED

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - © David Malak

Golden Eagle

(Aquila chrysaetos)

Falcons

American Kestrel

(Falco sparverius)

Perigrine Falcon

(Falco mexicanus)

Hawks

For the article on hawks, click here.

Owls

For the article on owls, click here.

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