Raptors

Steller's sea eagle (Cincinnati Zoo)

This bald eagle doesn't yet have have adult feathers.

bald eagle (Toledo Zoo, 2015)

This bald eagle was making a racket.

bald eagle (Columbus Zoo)

lappet-faced vulture (Cincinnati Zoo)

Last week, at the Toledo Zoo, as my wife and I reached the south end of the bridge over the Anthony Wayne Trail, we saw a hawk land in a tree and heard sounds of apparent alarm. As we got closer, we saw that the bird was not in a tree but on the debris that had collected on the netting over Flamingo Key. There was a buffet of ducks below, but the hawk looked elsewhere. (Seems like a duck would be too large for this hawk, but what do I know? Besides, the netting was doing its job of keeping some birds in and others out.)

unknown wild hawk (Toledo Zoo)

white-headed vulture (Toledo Zoo)

cinereous vulture (Toledo Zoo)

Otis, an eastern screech owl (Columbus Zoo)

About raptors

Speaking of scratching...

Last week, Anana, presently of Columbus but originally from Toledo, was in need of scratching.

A paw was not enough, so she spent quite a bit of time with a log.

Meanwhile, Lee mostly snoozed in the mulch pit, although he uses the logs, too (My Polar Bear Friends blog).