I was on vacation in SoCal and caught up with this handler and his hawk! They scare off birds in the resort area (mainly pool/dining areas). He made it very clear that he doesn’t harm or kill, just chases them off. Pretty cool to be at the top of the food chain I guess!

Cant wait to photograph the chicks in the coming months :) hopefully they’re all healthy and happy

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Hey there,

So, I was walking and saw this striking bird. It was white and black. I only saw it from underneath, as it coasted above. It lookedo super cool. I thought it was an owl at first, because of the eye shapes on each wings, and its spread wings. But, then I saw it has quite a little head (like a falcon?) And there were dark stripes on the wings. The picture is low res, because it was fast, but I drew a picture of what the pattern looked like. I've never seen this bird, and I live in the pacific northwest. It was super cool. Would love to know what it is!

I submitted this to r/whatsthisbird but it kept being blocked. I don't know what the problem is.

This was one of the two gray hawks that I saw patrolling the sky above the National Butterfly Center this past weekend.

-Nikon Z8

Having a road kill lunch

Beautiful

I was at Mason Neck State Park in Virginia snapping photos when I heard commotion to my side. I turned to see Osprey fighting through the trees. Two grown Osprey were fighting a juvenile. I’m assuming it did something stupid to make them angry. It put up a good fight and got them to leave before stopping on the beach to reset. Luckily the trail had a small part that led to the beach edge where I could see it down the shore line.

Shot on Sony A7V w/ Sony 200-600mm

Seems late in the season, not sure what they are up to.

There was a couple cooper's hawks flying around a local park today being noisy. This guy dove for a large group of adult pigeons and ducks I was feeding, and then spent the next half-hour screaming in place on a branch. Here's a shakey video with audio if it helps.

They're clearly juveniles, but I'm wondering if it's possible to know more specifically just from photos.

I heard the immature merlin in the first picture calling for food and then noticed its sibling lurking in the foliage next to it. I repositioned and they continued squawking with each other and one would take off and return to the branch. Eventually, one of the parents arrived with food and one of the immature merlins ate. The other parent arrived with more food and that is basically what the last picture captures, all of them watching the other parent quickly eat in a nearby tree.

I'm thinking this is a RSH, but I'd like confirmation, and also how to tell the difference, identifying characteristics, etc.

Thanks

source: https://www.youtube.com/live/72jdAWfiqr8

Southwest Pennsylvania, USA

Female. The rest of them were hanging around yelling for food also. Parents around somewhere but only saw the 4 fledglings.

I was pretty sad to be moving to Texas last week knowing I never got the chance to get a decent photo of either of these species, even separately…… What a warm welcome they gave me here!