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)

Merlin

(Falco columbarius)

Merlin (Falco columbarius) - © Ken Czworka

Hawks

For the article on hawks, click here.

Owls

For the article on owls, click here.

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