About Flight: Raptors of N. America (free flying birds only)
Pictures showing raptors as they would be seen from a hawk watch.
Appropriate pictures show birds in powered flight, soaring, gliding, in kettles etc.
Birds taking off, sitting on the ground etc should not be submitted and will be removed without warning.
Accipiters, buteos, eagles, falcons, harriers, osprey, and vultures. The photos should be of birds that can be regularly find in N. America. Acceptable species are listed below.
Full color, b&w, and silhouettes are all accepted. Bird should be the primary subject of the photo and should be identifiable.
Please tag the photo with the bird's common name AND scientific name.
And, please invite other photos that you see in other peoples photostreams that show great shots of raptors in flight! Just copy and paste the code below.
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You are invited to add this to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/hawks">Raptors in Flight</a> group.
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Accipiters
Northern Goshawk- Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk- Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk- Accipiter cooperii
Buteos
Red-shouldered Hawk- Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk- Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk- Buteo swainsoni
Red-tailed Hawk- Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk- Buteo regalis
Rough-legged Hawk- Buteo lagopus
Harris' Hawk- Parabuteo unicinctus
Falcons
Merlin Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon- Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon- Falco mexicanus
Gyrfalcon- Falco rusticolus
Kites
Mississippi Kite- Ictinia misisippiensis
Swallow-tailed Kite- Elanoides forficatus
Snail Kite- Rostrhamus sociabilis
Eagles
Bald Eagle- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Golden Eagle- Aquila chrysaetos
Vultures
California Condor- Gymnogyps californianus
Turkey Vulture- Cathartes aura
Black Vulture- Coragyps atratus
Other
Osprey- Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier- Circus cyaneus
Crested Caracara- Caracara cheriway
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