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Birds of Prey: Hawks, eagles, kites, vultures, owls, falcons, and seriemas!

Which birds are considered birds of prey?

Hawks, eagles, kites, vultures, owls, and falcons - and now introducing the seriemas!

Posting guidelines:

RULES

1. No solicitation, sales, or bartering.

This is not the place to buy, sell, or solicit goods or services of any kind. This especially applies to birds or their feathers. In the USA especially, attempts to buy or sell wild birds or their parts can easily break federal law.

2. Mark posts NSFW for pictures of injury or death

Most users in this sub are animal fans in general. The NSFW tag should be used to warn the average viewer of possibly disturbing images. Gore, severe injury, and death- especially of birds of prey- should be tagged. Use your best judgement.

3. No witch-hunts

Personal information of others is no bueno. Publicly available information such as news articles are ok to post, but inciting a witch-hunt is unacceptable.

4. Your own personal information

If a person's name, address, or phone number is discernible from a posted link, comment, or photo it will automatically be removed. This is more to protect against accidentally revealing your own identity (such as accidentally posting a facebook picture link). If you are aware and okay, it will be un-removed. Please let the mods know if that is the case and we forget to ask.

5. No memes, image macros, etc.

Note: This only applies to direct links that are posted, to prevent karma-bids. This is a small community that would be easily overrun by memes and past experience dictates most users don't want them here. Post to r/RaptorRage instead.

6. Images and videos must be your own original content, or must link to the source.

Tineye is a good resource for tracking down the original photographer or artist. Posts linking to content that is not your own will be removed unless the source is named in the title or linked in the comments.

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Osprey enjoying the Florida sunshine.

0 Comments
2025/02/01
05:08 UTC

3

A curious barred owl

0 Comments
2025/02/01
05:01 UTC

2

Osprey ready for landing

0 Comments
2025/02/01
05:01 UTC

70

Kestrel

6 Comments
2025/02/01
03:36 UTC

12

Identification.

Can anyone tell what type of bird this is?🐥

8 Comments
2025/01/31
21:38 UTC

105

Tried my best to phonescope this white tailed eagle today. Pretty difficult without an adapter or phone holder for the telescope.

Enjoy folks 😎

3 Comments
2025/01/31
20:34 UTC

94

Turkey Vulture - Florida Keys (December 2024)

3 Comments
2025/01/31
17:52 UTC

458

Bald eagle flexing

8 Comments
2025/01/31
03:10 UTC

14

Google AI might be on to something here

3 Comments
2025/01/30
23:19 UTC

134

ID?

My dad thinks it’s a Cooper’s hawk but we’re not 100% sure, could anyone ID this bird for us? And if possible, figure out if it’s a male or female? Thanks!

12 Comments
2025/01/30
21:03 UTC

231

A great gray owl on a snowy day deep in the aspen woodlands of Alberta

1 Comment
2025/01/30
19:42 UTC

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Anybody missing a bunny (or a hawk) on Penn Ave?

0 Comments
2025/01/30
15:17 UTC

395

Aussie White-bellied Sea Eagle makes off with a nice catch of salmon for dinner!

5 Comments
2025/01/30
10:27 UTC

240

Barred Owl

1 Comment
2025/01/30
02:37 UTC

1,134

Friendliest RSH in town - just waving at everybody.

Seen in my travels today in the Pensacola FL area.

14 Comments
2025/01/29
22:35 UTC

44

Swainson's Hawk(?)

is my ID correct?

Wish I had more reach...for better detail on the bird.

3 Comments
2025/01/29
19:28 UTC

170

Red-shouldered Hawk Calabasas Ca.

After the fires here in Los Angeles, I am seeing more Red-shoulders then Red-tails, which is unusual. Still pretty cool seeing both species. Took this two days ago.

2 Comments
2025/01/29
19:04 UTC

19

Short-eared owl

Craptastic photo of a short-eared owl that I saw on my drive home last night during a snow storm. I decided to skip the highway drive and take some quiet back roads instead. Boy am I ever glad that I did! I seldom see these owls.

It would fly from this fence out to the field and then return to the same spot. I sat in my car and watched the bird for about 5 minutes from across the road. This is the best picture I could get with my Samsung A53 mobile. The photo is crap but the memory it holds is amazing.

Toronto, Ontario

0 Comments
2025/01/29
18:44 UTC

606

Tangled Hawk

I woke up this morning to a hawk tangled in my chicken run netting. I'm no expert, is it a red-shouldered hawk? He laid completely still while I cut him loose and flew away none the worse. Hopefully he remembers my kindness and doesn't try to eat my chickens again. It was very cool to see one up close.

30 Comments
2025/01/29
16:49 UTC

150

Aussie Black-shoulder Kite - with lunch!

3 Comments
2025/01/29
05:23 UTC

177

Bald eagle pair

Eagle couple at Boise River, SW Idaho

2 Comments
2025/01/29
04:03 UTC

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