Order: FALCONIFORMES
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Species photographed:
1. barred owl
2. osprey
3. red-shouldered hawk
4. American kestrel
5. scissor-tailed kite
6. northern goshawk
7. turkey vulture
8. black vulture
9. crested caracara
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barred owl, Flamino, Everglades, FL, USA, 2007.
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turkey vulture, Flamino, Everglades, FL, USA,
2007.
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I saw 3 juvenile accipters that I thought
immediately
were northern goshawks. I had no doubt because of their size and
habitat (8500 ft pine forest). I was sure that these juveniles were not
Cooper's Hawks. However, once I looked at my bird book and saw the
pictures on the computer, doubt started to enter my mind. These
pictures were shown to 4 serious birders who all said that they were
goshawks. I get my initial instinct was correct. [northern goshawks,
mountains near Cortez, CO, USA.]
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Turkey vulture (Cathartes
aura),
Matheson Hammock, Miami, FL, USA
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Black vulture (Coragyps atratus), Grossman;s Hammock, Everglades, FL, USA
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Crested
caracara (Caracara
plancus), south of Lake Placid, FL, USA
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| black vulture, Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil, 2008. |
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osprey perched out pond at Flamingo, Everglades,
FL,
USA, 2007. This osprey was continually calling to two other ospreys:
one flying overhead and another in another tree about 1 km away.
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American kestrel, Guanica National Forest, Puerto
Rico.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Anhinga Trail, Everglades, FL, USA. Not a got photo but all I
have been able to get to date.
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| red-shouldered
hawk (Buteo
lineatus),
Grossman's Hammock, Everglades, FL, USA. |
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Swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forticatus), Highlands County, FL, USA
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