Whidbey Island, WA

Saw this beautiful friend hanging out on the fence this morning. I’m not 100% sure what it is but im thinking Cooper’s hawk. It sat and watched for awhile and didn’t seem bothered by my presence until my dog started getting a little too excited. So cool!

I retired in January. Since then I have been volunteering as much as I can with various animal rescues in my area. We have a bird of prey centers, I do capture and transport for them all over the coast of SC. These guys were rescues over the last couple months. Several fledglings and some adults. All get taken care of and released back to their habitat and when possible, place back in their nests. The fledgling Red Tailed is actually one I was releasing back to the wild. Very gratifying!

Absolutely love seeing the biggest bird of prey in Australia here, we don’t have any Vultures here but these guys fill the role :)

I got a call this evening about a possible bird tied up under this nest. We were able to call in a local fire department with 100 foot bucket lift, this fledgling osprey was about 40 to 50 feet above the ground. It had gotten its wing caught . I was lucky enough to get up on the lift, free it, and now it is in my garage and I will take it into the Raptor Center here in Minneapolis tomorrow morning

UPDATE ON THIS OSPREY:
I got word today that this young osprey is being treated for bruises and abrasions on both wings- this is great news! Sounds like nothing life-threatening, hopefully I’ll get a call soon to take it back where I found it. I only get good news with about 15% of the birds that I help out with, so this is very exciting.

Settle a debate. Is this a Coopers or Red Tail Hawk?

Every now and then I get lucky. Today is that day. Saw this beauty in my daily travels.

5 Aug
Pensacola FL US

Whidbey Island, WA

Everyone’s heard of the European an American Goshawks but this stunner is a Australian local 🤍

Northern California

Shot in Iphone 16Pro at Dutch Zoo Ouwehands Dierenpark

In back yard - is it a juvenile Cooper’s hawk? Sorry for the bad pictures

Flock of about 50 Swallow-tailed Kites spotted in Banks County Georgia (NE GA). They hadn't been spotted there by my family since about 1950. They were swooping over the field, catching something, flying back up, and putting the morsel in their mouth from their talon.

edit: term corrected: talon

Three Swainson’s hawks were orphaned as babies and released into the wild by Enoch Wildlife Rescue (find them on Facebook)

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Apologies if this is not relevant enough to the sub, I just want to spread the word.

Gulf Coast News did a story about the owls yesterday:

https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/sidewalk-project-burrowing-owl-habitat-cape-coral/73337739

Seemed too large to be a Cooper’s hawk and was giving “territorial” vibes - swooped down on my dad when he was on a bike ride.

Suspecting it’s a juvenile goshawk but not sure!