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Birds of prey.

We have red-tailed hawks, and the odd bald eagles passing through.

Any of the raptors in your back yard?

Too many, by a bunch.

Red-tails, red shouldered, Cooper's, sharp-shinned, and kestrels for hawks. Screech and barred owls. An occasional osprey and bald eagle drifting through.

Red-tailed hawks, bald eagles and brown (golden) eagles.

eagles are like crows here. They wait for you to run something over.

all kinds
bald(lots and lots of these around) and golden eagles

fair number of prairie falcons and kestrels may have the occasional peregrine, gryfalcon(havent seen one bt a friend has) and merlins

northern harriers

as far as hawks: redtail, sharp-shined, broadwinged, coopers, northern goshawk, rough-legged, swainsons and ferruginius

osprey

as far as owls: burrowing, eastern screech, great horned, long eared, short eared, snowy(saw one a few weeks ago), northern saw whet, and northern hawk owl(another ive not seen but a friend has)


favorites i always like seeing are the harriers, kestrels, prairie falcons and burrowing owls

Oh? Why? Enlighten us.

Harriers hawks, bald eagles, golden eagles, osprey and great horn owls are the ones I see the most in Colorado (that I reconize). Do see a lot on fences, trees, light poles and the like, but no idea what they are. Sometimes see a swainson's hawk.

Rattler, I forgot about the harriers. Damn, what a gorgeous, graceful bird. We have a few here, too.

yeah, really common here, they are usually cruising 20 foot above the ground across the wheat fields looking for mice.....

i should throw the loggerhead and northern shrikes up there, not true birds of prey but they sure give'er hell to act like one

A while back, I saw a mounted osprey on the wall in NW Ontario.

When I asked about the legality of it, he said the ministry owed him one.

I was impressed with that bird.

spent more than a few days out on the lake with one fishing the same bay i was.......makes a slow fishing day entertaining and all the more frustrating that the damn hawk can catch a fish and i cant

I don't get it. Raptors are the finest flyers(after me). We have Red Tails and Red Shoulderd Hawks right now. Lots of Sparrow a Hawks and a few Coopers. Screech and Barn Owls. One Bald Eagle that I know of. We get a few Ospreys in the summer. Love em.

We have lots here but I couldn't tell you what they are. I reaally like the snowy owls though, very cool looking bird. Saw a little tiny hawk come down and grab a robin out of mid air right outside the archery club a couple summers ago, which was pretty cool.

Power poles out in the (treeless)country sure haven't helped the grouse any.

Seagulls are the worst when they follow the swather around and pick off pheasant chicks. I think some guys carry a shotgun in the cab for that very reason.

We've got a few little super speedsters that will drive bomb the cows when they are lined out feeding. Zoom down, flush and pick off the occasional cowbird or starling.

I've tried getting a pic but they are way too fast.

i dont get it either, love watching them....main killer of game birds we have is cold wet springs killing chicks.....birds of prey are alot farther down the list....hell crows might be harder on the game birds than the birds of prey cause they will spend the time figuring out where the nests are to eat the eggs.....

in even my short life time ive watched an explosion of bird of prey numbers around here but havent seen them have much of an effect on game bird numbers in the same time....the spring weather seems to dictate the numbers FAR more than anything....

I'll bet the tiny hawk was a Sparrowhawk. Very maneuverable. I saw one buzz a tree full of wrens one time, flushing them out of the tree. The hawk then did a 360 degree turn and grabbed one in flight. Incredible!

forgot about the seagulls Sam but your right there aswell....they are pretty damn predatory aswell and thicker than birds of prey.....

Don't forget about the damn feral cats that stupid people spay/neuter and then turn back out into neighborhoods and the outskirts of town.

Falcons? I'd love to watch a falcon hunt.