updated 11/14: hawk, vulture, osprey, kite, condor, harrier, goshawk, eagle -point -ridge
![Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![American Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake]()
![American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey]()
![Bald Eagle]()
![Bald Eagle]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey (Note]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Nehalem Bay, Oregon Coast]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Township Rd. Klamath County]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani 5/13) Emigrant Lake, Ashland, OR]()
![Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Bald Eagle (Juvenile)]()
![Bald Eagle (juvenile) - near Chico Hot Springs]()
![Bald Eagle - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands]()
![Bald Eagle - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls]()
![Bald eagle adult & juvenile]()
![Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle juvenile (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA]()
![Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Bald Eagle not far from the nest at Lynx Lake, Prescott, AZ (© Nick Viani)]()
![Bald eagle pair]()
![Bald Eagles - Lost Creek Dam Hatchery]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Ernest Coe Visitor Center, Florida]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL]()
![Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica]()
![Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá]()
![Bullock's Oriole & Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts]()
![Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak]()
![Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak]()
![Common Black Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #3b Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #4 Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Alicia's neighborhood, Bend, OR.]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard Bird Collection]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A - Note the varied length of the tail feathers observable in the ventral view only.]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.Coopers Hawk]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/24) North Mountain Park, Monthly Bird Monitoring]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 2/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/6) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek Transect AB]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ Note]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/2) Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)]()
![Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)]()
![Cooper's Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #16 Bear Creek Greenway, Transact A/B on the Survey. Alex L. wrote]()
![Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #11 - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Crested Hawk-Eagle juv., Costa Rica]()
![Ferruginous Hawk]()
![Ferruginous Hawk]()
![Ferruginous Hawk]()
![Ferruginous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Ferruginous Hawk (and baby) - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Ferruginous Hawk (bloody)- Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Ferruginous Hawk - Dark Morph (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Ferruginous Hawk - Shasta Valley Preserve]()
![Florida race of a Red-shouldered Hawk (note the full crop – must have just eaten)]()
![Golden Eagle]()
![Golden Eagle]()
![Golden Eagle]()
![Golden Eagle & Magpie]()
![Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Golden Eagles]()
![Gray Hawk]()
![Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/29)]()
![Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/29)]()
![Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Gray Hawk - female (l), male (r) (© Nick Viani 3/29)]()
![Gray Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Gray Hawk vocalizing (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()
![Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note]()
![Harris's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ]()
![Harris's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ]()
![Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska]()
![Kestre, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbryl]()
![Klamath_180102-1-2(1)]()
![light morph Rough-legged Hawk male (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls]()
![Marsh Hawk (female) - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier]()
![Northern Harrier]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Course]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground, Siltcoos River estuary]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground, Siltcoos River estuary]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Tolowa Dunes State Park, CA]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) White City Lagoon]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 8/8) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 11/29) White City Lagoon, Oregon]()
![Northern Harrier (female - colloquial]()
![Northern Harrier - male (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA]()
![Northern Harrier - Shasta Valley Preserve]()
![Northern Harrier/Greater White-fronted Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Northern Harrier female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) A Blue-winged Teal female swam a mournful vigil not 5' from the hawk.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) After an hour, the Harrier flew off to fetch his mate.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Hiding the carcass in nearby grass.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Lifting the waterlogged victim onto shore.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Removing the feathers.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.]()
![Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The wings were the first to go.]()
![Note the full crop on this Red-tailed Hawk.]()
![Osprey]()
![Osprey]()
![Osprey]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake]()
![Osprey(© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Sampson Creek Road, Ashland, OR]()
![Osprey(© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Sampson Creek Road, Ashland, OR]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake/Sampson Creek Rd., Ashland, OR]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani) Siltcoos River, birding by boat]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá]()
![Osprey (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park]()
![Osprey (Hyatt Lake, OR)]()
![Osprey, Above Ashland Pond]()
![Osprey, Hyatt Lake, Ashland, OR (birding by boat)]()
![Osprey - coming up empty-clawed (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake]()
![Osprey - coming up empty clawed (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake]()
![Osprey - Page Springs CG - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Osprey - Page Springs CG - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Osprey chasing off Bald Eagle (Hyatt Lake, OR)]()
![Osprey nest (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska]()
![Osprey with fish (© Nick Viani) Kayak Birding on Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Osprey with prey (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Red-shoulderd Hawk]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek transact]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) DIM Road, in the vicinity of Howard Prairie Lake, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail up Paradise Lane, Ashland]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail up Paradise Lane, Ashland]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, backyard birds]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk(© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation Canal, Paradise Region]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk - Fledgling (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR. This bird and its sibling were seen hopping back and forth between the nest and nearby branches.]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk - fledgling (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland - Note]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk - immature "elegans" variant (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane backyard]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk fledgeling (© Nick Viani 6/25) Paradise Lane Oak forest]()
![Red-shoulder hawk]()
![Red-shoulder Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/23) Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, FL]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk]()
![Red-tailed Hawk & Kestrel (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani)]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 8 Jan) Emigrant Lake, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 10/2) Keno Access Road, Ashland, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 10/13) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry transect, Talent, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile in the process of pre-digestion)]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile with a freshly-killed vole). Interesting display of nicitating membrane on one eye).]()
![Red-tailed Hawk (note tagging band)]()
![Red-tailed Hawk, Catalina State Park, Tucson, AZ]()
![Red-tailed Hawk, Missoula, MT (Clark Fork River trail)]()
![Red-tailed Hawk, Stateline Road, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tail Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tail Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Red-tail Hawk (Harlan's)]()
![Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá]()
![Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá]()
![Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica]()
![Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica]()
![Rough-legged Hawk]()
![Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR]()
![Rough-legged Hawk, KlamathAshford_170201_098-edited]()
![Semiplumbeous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #7 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note the thinnish legs of the Sharpie vs. thicker legs of the Cooper's Hawk. Also, streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #8 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR Note]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #9 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note]()
![Sharp-Shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #13 - TID Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #17 Ventral view of tail feathers illustrates more uniform length.]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #23 Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani ) #24 Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #25 Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #28 Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park - ID based on shape of body and tail with minimal graduation.]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Visiting our backyard feeder. Got bored with the service after about 5 minutes and took off.]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Sooney Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #15 Elephant Creek Nature Walk along the Rogue River Estuary.]()
![Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida]()
![Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida]()
![Swainson's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica]()
![Swainson's Hawks (L]()
![Tattered Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Bandon Beach, Bullard State Park]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland, OR]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 6/24) Hyatt Lake region]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica]()
![Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica]()
![Turkey Vulture - John Day Nat. Monument, Painted Hills Unit, OR]()
![Turkey Vultures]()
![Unidentified Costa Rican Hawk]()
![Viani,Nick_No.Mtn.ParkRed-tailedHawk(Harlan_sMo]()
![White-tailed Kite (© Nick Viani) Ferndale Bottoms--Russ Ln., Ferndale, CA]()
![Zone-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona]()

Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

American Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake

American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey (Note

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Nehalem Bay, Oregon Coast

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Township Rd. Klamath County

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani 5/13) Emigrant Lake, Ashland, OR

Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR

Bald Eagle (Juvenile)

Bald Eagle (juvenile) - near Chico Hot Springs

Bald Eagle - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands

Bald Eagle - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls

Bald eagle adult & juvenile

Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Bald Eagle juvenile (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA

Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Bald Eagle not far from the nest at Lynx Lake, Prescott, AZ (© Nick Viani)

Bald eagle pair

Bald Eagles - Lost Creek Dam Hatchery

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Ernest Coe Visitor Center, Florida

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL

Black Vulture (© Nick Viani 4/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Rancho Naturalista Lodge, La Suiza, Turrialba Region

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica

Broad-winged Hawk (© Nick Viani 2/1) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá

Bullock's Oriole & Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts

Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak

Common Black Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/5) Patagonia Lake State Park, Arizona - Birding by Kayak

Common Black Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #3b Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #4 Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Alicia's neighborhood, Bend, OR.

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard Bird Collection

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Bear Creek Birding Survey, Transact A - Note the varied length of the tail feathers observable in the ventral view only.

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ. In Phil's back yard. Note the size of the feet and the shape of the forehead.Coopers Hawk

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/24) North Mountain Park, Monthly Bird Monitoring

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 2/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Arizona

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/6) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek Transect AB

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/8) Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, AZ Note

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/2) Empire Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)

Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani 9/22) Ashland Greenway, while participating with the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey (BCCBS)

Cooper's Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #16 Bear Creek Greenway, Transact A/B on the Survey. Alex L. wrote

Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #11 - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Crested Hawk-Eagle juv., Costa Rica

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR

Ferruginous Hawk (and baby) - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Ferruginous Hawk (bloody)- Klamath Falls, OR

Ferruginous Hawk - Dark Morph (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR

Ferruginous Hawk - Shasta Valley Preserve

Florida race of a Red-shouldered Hawk (note the full crop – must have just eaten)

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle & Magpie

Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway

Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4

Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4

Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Golden Eagles

Gray Hawk

Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/29)

Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/29)

Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Gray Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Gray Hawk - female (l), male (r) (© Nick Viani 3/29)

Gray Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Gray Hawk vocalizing (© Nick Viani 4/4) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona

Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note

Harris's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ

Harris's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ

Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska

Kestre, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbryl

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light morph Rough-legged Hawk male (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls

Marsh Hawk (female) - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Course

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground, Siltcoos River estuary

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground, Siltcoos River estuary

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Tolowa Dunes State Park, CA

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) White City Lagoon

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 8/8) Siltcoos River, birding by boat

Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 11/29) White City Lagoon, Oregon

Northern Harrier (female - colloquial

Northern Harrier - male (© Nick Viani) Shasta Valley Wildlife Refuge, Montague, CA

Northern Harrier - Shasta Valley Preserve

Northern Harrier/Greater White-fronted Geese (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Harrier female (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani)

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) A Blue-winged Teal female swam a mournful vigil not 5' from the hawk.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) After an hour, the Harrier flew off to fetch his mate.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Hiding the carcass in nearby grass.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Lifting the waterlogged victim onto shore.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) Removing the feathers.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The plucky duck broke the surface several times.

Northern Harrier Hunting Gallery (© Nick Viani) The wings were the first to go.

Note the full crop on this Red-tailed Hawk.

Osprey

Osprey

Osprey

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Arcata Marsh Wildlife Area, CA

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake

Osprey(© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Sampson Creek Road, Ashland, OR

Osprey(© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake, Sampson Creek Road, Ashland, OR

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Emigrant Lake/Sampson Creek Rd., Ashland, OR

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico

Osprey (© Nick Viani) Siltcoos River, birding by boat

Osprey (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL

Osprey (© Nick Viani 1/27) Zapatilla Cays, Bastimentos National Marine Park, Panamá

Osprey (© Nick Viani 8/10) Elma, Washington, County Park

Osprey (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Osprey, Above Ashland Pond

Osprey, Hyatt Lake, Ashland, OR (birding by boat)

Osprey - coming up empty-clawed (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake

Osprey - coming up empty clawed (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake

Osprey - Page Springs CG - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Osprey - Page Springs CG - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Osprey chasing off Bald Eagle (Hyatt Lake, OR)

Osprey nest (© Nick Viani) Bethel, Alaska

Osprey with fish (© Nick Viani) Kayak Birding on Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Osprey with prey (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Red-shoulderd Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Creek transact

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bunker Hill Campground, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) DIM Road, in the vicinity of Howard Prairie Lake, Ashland, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail up Paradise Lane, Ashland

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail up Paradise Lane, Ashland

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR Note

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, FL

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, backyard birds

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Summer Lake Wildlife Area, Oregon

Red-shouldered Hawk(© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation Canal, Paradise Region

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) TID Irrigation trail, Ashland OR

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach

Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach

Red-shouldered Hawk - Fledgling (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR. This bird and its sibling were seen hopping back and forth between the nest and nearby branches.

Red-shouldered Hawk - fledgling (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland - Note

Red-shouldered Hawk - immature "elegans" variant (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Red-shouldered Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane backyard

Red-shouldered Hawk fledgeling (© Nick Viani 6/25) Paradise Lane Oak forest

Red-shoulder hawk

Red-shoulder Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/23) Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, FL

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk & Kestrel (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani)

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) San Gerardo de Dota, Savegre River, Costa Rica

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/20) Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/22) Patagonia Lake State Park, Birding trail, Arizona

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 8 Jan) Emigrant Lake, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 10/2) Keno Access Road, Ashland, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 10/13) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry transect, Talent, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile in the process of pre-digestion)

Red-tailed Hawk (a juvenile with a freshly-killed vole). Interesting display of nicitating membrane on one eye).

Red-tailed Hawk (note tagging band)

Red-tailed Hawk, Catalina State Park, Tucson, AZ

Red-tailed Hawk, Missoula, MT (Clark Fork River trail)

Red-tailed Hawk, Stateline Road, Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tail Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tail Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/25) Butte Valley, Klamath Falls, OR

Red-tail Hawk (Harlan's)

Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/28) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá

Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 1/31) Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge, Isla Bastimentos, Panamá

Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Roadside Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Rough-legged Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Rough-legged Hawk (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR

Rough-legged Hawk, KlamathAshford_170201_098-edited

Semiplumbeous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #7 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note the thinnish legs of the Sharpie vs. thicker legs of the Cooper's Hawk. Also, streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #8 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR Note

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #9 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note

Sharp-Shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #13 - TID Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #17 Ventral view of tail feathers illustrates more uniform length.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #23 Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani ) #24 Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #25 Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #28 Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park - ID based on shape of body and tail with minimal graduation.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Visiting our backyard feeder. Got bored with the service after about 5 minutes and took off.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani 11/10/21) Hanging out in our backyard feeder looking for a meal, I guess.Olympus Digital Camera

Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Sooney Viani) Backyard, Paradise Lane

Sharp-shinned Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #15 Elephant Creek Nature Walk along the Rogue River Estuary.

Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida

Snail Kite - tagged juvenile (© Nick Viani) Newton Park, Winter Gardens, Florida

Swainson's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica

Swainson's Hawks (L

Tattered Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Bandon Beach, Bullard State Park

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Colusa NWR, CA

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lyn Newbry Transect A, Bear Creek Greenway Bird Survey

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland, OR

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Sacramento NWR, CA

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath County

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 6/24) Hyatt Lake region

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/20) Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani 11/21) Hacienda Guachipelin, Costa Rica

Turkey Vulture - John Day Nat. Monument, Painted Hills Unit, OR

Turkey Vultures

Unidentified Costa Rican Hawk

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White-tailed Kite (© Nick Viani) Ferndale Bottoms--Russ Ln., Ferndale, CA

Zone-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona