Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
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",]()
!["Bald Eagle",]()
!["Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey",]()
!["Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey (Note: The name actually comes from an old English word — piebald — which meant “white-headed\" rather than hairless.)",]()
!["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) - near Chico Hot Springs",]()
!["Bald Eagle (Juvenile): Wood River Marsh",]()
!["Bald Eagle - adolescent (© 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",]()
!["Catalina State Park"]()
!["Catalina State Park",]()
!["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) 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) 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: this hawk was observed for over 30 minutes sitting (not bathing or preening) in the shallow pond. There appears to be a large crop suggesting the water was assisting di]()
!["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: \"a rather small Cooper's Hawk based on the head shape, orbital ridge, thick legs, and graduated tail feathers.\,]()
!["Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #11 - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Crested Hawk-Eagle juv."]()
!["Ferruginous Hawk",]()
!["Ferruginous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Ferruginous Hawk (and baby) - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["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",]()
!["Golden Eagle & Magpie",]()
!["Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway",]()
!["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: This owl was 10' away from a Red-shouldered Hawk that was making quite a racket!",]()
!["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",]()
!["light morph Rough-legged Hawk \"male-type\" (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls",]()
!["Marsh Hawk (female) - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)",]()
!["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 (female - colloquial: Marsh Hawk) (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["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: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",]()
!["Northern Harrier: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",]()
!["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 (© 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 - 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-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: This bird was one of 3 RS Hawks making quite a racket. We then saw a Great-horned Owl 10' away in the same tree.",]()
!["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: this is quite possibly the same fledgling photographed June 6 and viewable elsewhere in this gallery. Considerable difference in head feathers and bill color.",]()
!["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 & Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts",]()
!["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, Missoula, MT (Clark Fork River trail)",]()
!["Red-tailed Hawk, Stateline Road, Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",]()
!["Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",]()
!["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", KlamathAshford_170201_098-edited]()
!["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",]()
!["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: streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.",]()
!["Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #9 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note: streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.",]()
!["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) #27 Backyard, Paradise Lane",]()
!["Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #28 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) 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: male, R: female) - Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR",]()
!["Tattered Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL"]()
!["Turkey Vulture",]()
!["Turkey Vulture",]()
!["Turkey Vulture",]()
!["Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["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 Vulture: Brookings, OR",]()
!["Turkey Vulture: Brookings, OR",]()
!["Turkey Vultures",]()
!["Unidentified Costa Rican Hawk",]()
!["White-tailed Kite (© Nick Viani) Ferndale Bottoms--Russ Ln., Ferndale, CA",]()
!["Zone-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
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![American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey]()
![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]()
![Ferruginous Hawk]()
![Ferruginous Hawk]()
![Ferruginous Hawk (bloody)- Klamath Falls, OR]()
![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]()
![Klamath_180102-1-2(1)]()
![Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani 11/29) White City Lagoon, Oregon]()
![Red-shoulderd Hawk]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk (© Nick Viani) Observed during the Christmas Bird Count, Ashland Area 4]()
![Turkey Vulture]()
![Turkey Vulture "Black Turnstone (© Nick Viani) Bandon Beach, Bullard State Park]()
![Viani,Nick_No.Mtn.ParkRed-tailedHawk(Harlan_sMo]()
"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",
"Bald Eagle",
"Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey",
"Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Audubon Center for Birds of Prey (Note: The name actually comes from an old English word — piebald — which meant “white-headed" rather than hairless.)",
"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) - near Chico Hot Springs",
"Bald Eagle (Juvenile): Wood River Marsh",
"Bald Eagle - adolescent (© 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",
"Catalina State Park"
"Catalina State Park",
"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) 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) 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: this hawk was observed for over 30 minutes sitting (not bathing or preening) in the shallow pond. There appears to be a large crop suggesting the water was assisting di
"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: "a rather small Cooper's Hawk based on the head shape, orbital ridge, thick legs, and graduated tail feathers.,
"Coopers Hawk - juvenile (© Nick Viani) #11 - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Crested Hawk-Eagle juv."
"Ferruginous Hawk",
"Ferruginous Hawk (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls, OR",
"Ferruginous Hawk (and baby) - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"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",
"Golden Eagle & Magpie",
"Golden Eagle (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Greenway",
"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: This owl was 10' away from a Red-shouldered Hawk that was making quite a racket!",
"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",
"light morph Rough-legged Hawk "male-type" (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls",
"Marsh Hawk (female) - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)",
"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 (female - colloquial: Marsh Hawk) (© Nick Viani) Merced National Wildlife Refuge",
"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: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Northern Harrier: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"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 (© 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 - 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-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: This bird was one of 3 RS Hawks making quite a racket. We then saw a Great-horned Owl 10' away in the same tree.",
"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: this is quite possibly the same fledgling photographed June 6 and viewable elsewhere in this gallery. Considerable difference in head feathers and bill color.",
"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 & Bullock's Oriole (© Nick Viani 7/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Ashland Transacts",
"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, Missoula, MT (Clark Fork River trail)",
"Red-tailed Hawk, Stateline Road, Klamath Falls, OR",
"Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",
"Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",
"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", KlamathAshford_170201_098-edited
"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",
"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: streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #9 Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR. Note: streaking on the chest characteristic of a juvenile.",
"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) #27 Backyard, Paradise Lane",
"Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) #28 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) 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: male, R: female) - Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR",
"Tattered Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Lake Apopka, Orange County, FL"
"Turkey Vulture",
"Turkey Vulture",
"Turkey Vulture",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"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 Vulture: Brookings, OR",
"Turkey Vulture: Brookings, OR",
"Turkey Vultures",
"Unidentified Costa Rican Hawk",
"White-tailed Kite (© Nick Viani) Ferndale Bottoms--Russ Ln., Ferndale, CA",
"Zone-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
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American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk (bloody)- Klamath Falls, OR
Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle
Klamath_180102-1-2(1)
Northern Harrier
(© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lynn Newbry Transect
Turkey Vulture "Black Turnstone (© Nick Viani) Bandon Beach, Bullard State Park
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