Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Raptors


Steller's sea eagle
Steller's sea eagle (Cincinnati Zoo)

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


immature bald eagle
bald eagle (Toledo Zoo, 2015)
This bald eagle was making a racket.

vocalizing bald eagle
bald eagle (Columbus Zoo)

lappet-faced vulture
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
unknown wild hawk (Toledo Zoo)

white-headed vulture
white-headed vulture (Toledo Zoo)

cinereous vulture
cinereous vulture (Toledo Zoo)
Otis, a screech owl
Otis, an eastern screech owl (Columbus Zoo)
About raptors

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