Raptors

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Black Vulture in the Everglades, Florida

Along the Ahingha trail in the Everglades

Found on Merrit Island, Florida

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Harrier at Bosque del Apache		Northern Harrier during an attack at the Sacramento National wildlife refuge	Female Northern Harrier in the marshes along Limatour beach, Point Reyes, California

White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)

			White-tailed kite hovering over a field during a hunt for small rodents
	White-tailed kite eating a rodent		White-tailed kite juvenile

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Cooper's hawk that briefly stopped in the brush along the American River parkway	Photographed at Yellowstone National park	Lake Natomas state park	Found at Sailor Bar along the America River Parkway

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Slightly smaller than the Coopers hawk. Found on the American River Parkway

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern Goshawk at a falconry center

Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

Harris hawk trained for falconry

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Red-shouldered hawk tending its young in a nest near Effie Yeaw nature center	Red-shouldered hawk along the American River Parkway	Waiting for easy pickings at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma California	Found on Sacramento bar, along the American River Parkway
Overlooking a small valley within the suburbs of Fremont, California	Red-shouldered hawk perched near the bank of Mather Lake

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Harlan's Hawk (morph of buteo jamaicensis)

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Osprey perched on a snag at Ding Darling wildlife preserve in southwest Florida	Osprey patroling the waters over Tomales Bay near Point Reyes, California		Osprey landing on its nest, a tufa in the middle of Mono Lake as photographed from a kayak
Osprey in flight with a fresh kill as caught on Rush Creek, that feeds into Mono Lake	Osprey silhoutte on a tufa in Mono Lake	Osprey along the edge of Lake Tahoe

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Golden Eagle near Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Perched near the Klamath wildlife refuge	At Bosque del Apache	Bald Eagle eating a kill (Gadwall duck) at the Sacramento National Wildlife refuge


	Bald eagle skrimish on the Chilkat River in Alaska