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Birds of Prey

This page displays my bird photography.
Yep, I am one of those crazy bird people.
Eagles, Hawks, Harriers, Falcons, Owls, Doves, Pigeons, Grouse, Quail, Ptarmigan, Cuckoos, Parrots, Nighthawks, Swifts, Trogons, Roadrunners, Kingfishers, etc.

Intro

The following page is devoted to some of my photographs of "Birds of Prey" and "Near Passerines".

Most of the birds shown on this page were photographed in Washington or British Columbia (where I lived until 2019), and a few perhaps from my travels around the western United States. Now I live in Colorado, so I will begin to add more photos of new local birds to my photo lists, as I have time and opportunity to do bird photography. However, I have many other bird photos that are not on this page, from an amazing Birding Roadtrip through several birding hotspots across the country I embarked on in Spring 2008. If a bird appears in my birding road trip I make note of it as well as the state in which I saw it.

Disclaimer: With bird photography, by first goal is to just document the bird sighting, and after I've done that my goal becomes getting a good photo of the bird. So my bird photos range from identification "I've seen that bird" photos to good "I'd hang that on my wall" photos.

Photos: Birds of Prey & Near Passerines

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Bald EAGLE
These photos were taken on/at Saturna Island, BC and Reifel Bird Santuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: SC, Great Lakes, BC
Golden EAGLE
Photos on birding road trip pages: ND
Peregrine FALCON
This photo was taken at Reifel Bird Santuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: BC
Northern GOSHAWK
Photos on birding road trip pages: ND
Northern HARRIER
These photos were taken at Keystone Ferry Landing, WA and Boundary Bay, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: ND, OR
Broad-winged HAWK
Photos on birding road trip pages: Great Lakes
Cooper's (or Sharp-shinned?) HAWK
This photo was taken in Florida Canyon, AZ.
Gray HAWK
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Harris' HAWK
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX
Red-shouldered HAWK
This photo was taken at Cedar Hills State Park, Dallas, TX.
Red-tailed HAWK
These photos were taken in/on eastern WA; Grand Teton National Park, WY; Saturna Island, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: SC, Great Lakes, OR, WY, BC
Rough-legged HAWK
These photos were taken in Skagit Flats, WA.
Sharp-shinned (or Cooper's?) HAWK
This photo was taken in Lander, BC.
Swainson’s HAWK
This photo was taken at Barr Lake State Park, CO.
More photos on birding road trip pages: WY
American KESTREL (aka Sparrow HAWK)
These photos were taken in eastern WA and Lander, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, ND, WY, OR
OSPREY
with babies
These photos were taken in Grand Teton National Park, WY and Fremont Canyon, WY.
More photos on birding road trip pages: TX, SC, NJ, WY
Black VULTURE
This photo was taken at Cedar Hills State Park, Dallas, TX.
Turkey VULTURE
This photo was taken on Saturna Island, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, TX, SC, NJ, Great Lakes, OR, BC

Barn OWL
Photos on birding road trip pages: SC
Barred OWL
These photos were taken on/at Saturna Island, BC and Semiahmoo, WA.
More photos on birding road trip pages: SC
Eastern Screech OWL
Photos on birding road trip pages: Great Lakes
Great-horned OWL
with babies
These photos were taken at/on Yosemite National Park, CA; Saturna Island, BC; Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: SC, OR, BC
Northern Saw-whet OWL
This photo was taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
Short-eared OWL
This photo was taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: ND
Snowy OWL
These photos were taken at Boundary Bay, BC.

Groove-billed ANI
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX
Masked BOBWHITE
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Crested CARACARA
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX
Plain CHACHALACA
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX
CHICKEN / ROOSTER
These photos were taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC and Olympic Game Farm, WA.
More photos on birding road trip pages: SC, NM, Great Lakes
Black-billed CUCKOO
Photos on birding road trip pages: AL, Great Lakes
Yellow-billed CUCKOO
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX, AL, NJ
Eurasian Collared DOVE
This photo was taken on Saturna Island, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: TX, AL, OR
Inca DOVE
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, TX
Mourning DOVE
This photo was taken at Barr Lake State Park, CO.
More photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, TX, AL, SC, NJ, Great Lakes, ND, OR
White DOVE of some kind
This photo was taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
White-tipped DOVE
Photos on birding road trip pages: TX
White-winged DOVE
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, TX
Dusky GROUSE
This photo was taken in Yellowstone, WY.
Blue GROUSE
This photo was taken in the Olympic Mountains, WA.
Sharp-tailed GROUSE
Photos on birding road trip pages: ND
Belted KINGFISHER
These photos were taken at Montlake Fill, Seattle, WA and Semiahmoo, WA.
Rainbow LORIKEET
This photo was taken at the Denver Zoo, CO. This bird is not native to North America.
Common NIGHTHAWK
Photos on birding road trip pages: Great Lakes, OR
Lilac-crowned PARROT
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Ring-necked PHEASANT
These photos were taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: Great Lakes, ND, OR
Band-tailed PIGEON
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Feral PIGEON (aka Rock DOVE)
Dark adult
Pied adult
Natural adult
Checkered adult
Brown adult
These photos were taken at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: NJ, BC, ND
White-tailed PTARMIGAN
adult
young
winter plumage
transitioning from winter to summer plumage
look how well it blends into the rock, amazing!
These photos were taken in the Enchantments, WA; Mount Baker area, WA; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; Paiute Pass area, CA
California QUAIL
These photos were taken on Wenas Road, eastern WA.
More photos on birding road trip pages: OR
Gambel's QUAIL
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Scaled QUAIL
Photos on birding road trip pages: NM
Greater ROADRUNNER
This photo was taken at Cedar Hills State Park, Dallas, TX.
More photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, TX
Chimney SWIFT
Photos on birding road trip pages: NJ
Elegant TROGON
Photos on birding road trip pages: AZ
Wild TURKEY
baby
These photos were taken on Saturna Island, BC.
More photos on birding road trip pages: AZ, SC, BC
WHIP-POOR-WILL
Photos on birding road trip pages: Great Lakes