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Bird of the Day, theme 'Raptors'

Bird of the DaySep 23, 202629020,396

A white-tailed kite hovered above Playa del Rey, giving the theme an aerial, hunting cast. Others framed raptors in human places, like a red-tailed hawk relaxed on a coffee shop roof in sunshine. Intimate portraiture also appeared, with a juvenile Cooper’s hawk peering at a dining-room window.

Raptors · 238 photos

side view of a burrowing owl
@johnbcaddell.bsky.social1444
A young red-tailed hawk viewed from directly below its perch high in a tree. The bird's talons and head are the focal points.
@julielfrost.bsky.social1166
A photo of a small owl sat upon a curved perch. The bird is a female Mexican Spectacled Owl called Coco. She has pale cream coloured feathers on her front with a dark brown head and wings. Around her eyes and under her beak are white feathers that look like the shape of glasses. She has beautiful big amber coloured eyes and and light cream beak
@juliew67.bsky.social952
A red-tailed hawk is sitting on a flat rooftop, seemingly relaxed in the sunshine. He is facing to the right, looking at the sunrise, and his head and chest feathers are lit up, while his back is in shadow. The sky around him is a clear blue
@yredknap.bsky.social778
An eagle perched on a tree with the ocean as the background.
@noexperienceneeded.bsky.social732
Simon the Sparrowhawk. This guy tried unsuccessfully to grab a Nuthatch while I was sitting watching my log pile in the woods. He landed about four yards away a
@aintright.bsky.social516
A Mississippi kite perches in a live okay facing the camera and looking to the left. The tree’s foliage form a natural frame around the bird.
@ericolsonphotography.com425
A Great Horned Owl with wings above her head begins to launch from a tree hole that was serving as a nesting cavity. One of her fluffy youngsters can be seen behind her.
@timosborne.ca416
A white bird of prey hovers in the air with its wings spread and tail fanned against a clear blue sky. Photographed in Playa del Rey, California.
@birdsbyalex.bsky.social409
Colorful falcon perched in near profile atop a snag, with the remains of a dragonfly in his right talons, with head turned to stare at the viewer. The upperside of the subject has patches of a rusty red and slate blue, spotted with black. The belly is light beige with a wash of faint rusty color on the upper and lower ends, and dark spots arranged in vertical "stripes". The underside of the tail is a light rusty color with black & white bars at the end of each feather.
@1184outdoors.bsky.social390
A northern harrier hawk landing in a marsh area of dry reeds. This is a medium sized hawk. It's wings are in a V shape
@clinty1.bsky.social296
Two themes in one image - and . A fish crow tries to steal the osprey’s fish breakfast.
@lyndyphotos.bsky.social285
Close up photo of a brown and white streaked bird of prey looking intense.
@gettoknownature.bsky.social282
Atlantic Birding has said: Today’s theme is: ; any bird of prey Alt. is ; any member of the crow family. A young Cooper's Hawk on a stump!
@lorichirp.bsky.social254
Today's theme is . This beautiful Osprey did a fly over, nice and slow. I held the shutter down.
@msriffle.bsky.social249
A red-tailed hawk showing off the meathooks for theme and a blue jay for alt theme
@jgryboski.bsky.social248
Red Kite
@thegardenjungle.bsky.social240
A common buzzard perched on a thick branch amid green twigs against a clear, light blue sky, looking directly into the camera.
@rina2012.bsky.social238
A red-tailed hawk glowing in the late afternoon sun at the top of a cedar tree. Its body is facing away from the camera, but its head is turned to the left. It has a brown head and wings with white spots. The belly is white but looks golden in the sun. The sky is pale blue.
@handcranked.bsky.social192
A bird with a slate cap, dark streaks under the eye like a football player, warm tan chest with a few polka dots at the edges, and a warm tan tail with a dark band and white tips. He is perched on a rusty pole and you can see blood spatter on the underside of his tail. Gray storm clouds fill the sky.
@jencross.bsky.social186
Today’s theme is ; any bird of prey set by @atlanticbirding.bsky.social - Not seen a Sparrowhawk in the garden for months but this female turned up last week wi
@fraggenstein.bsky.social177
A dark, dramatically-lit vertical frame featuring a male American Kestrel, facing forward right with head and small beak turned back to the left. His bright orange feet are perched one over the other atop a thin branch with a few green leaves and one red leaf on it. A beautiful small falcon, he has slaty blue on the head with some accents of russet, a dark brown eye and bold vertical streaks of black coming down from his eye and behind it. His breast is light, with some rust color, and his belly has small dark spots scattered on it. You can see some under tail bands. The light is coming from the right and the background is quite dark olive green. Though small, he looks intent and fierce as any other raptor would as he looks for prey.
@christinae.bsky.social174
Headshot of a Cooper’s hawk, looking to the side, showing a brown head and shoulder, and white with brown striped throat and chest. The background is light grey. Feather detail os easily recognizable.
@pacbirds.bsky.social168
Sparrowhawk mobbing a Buzzard, Wanstead Park, London, 21st September 2026
@martinsepion.bsky.social165
A small raptor on a bare branch with the sunlight coming from above. The bird is hunched over, eyeing the insect that is held down by the bird's feet.
@swandiveswim.bsky.social163
Today's theme by AB is #. Buzzard perched on a tree branch. Have a good day folks .bsky.social .scotland.bsky.social
@jcsctoan.bsky.social156
I always root for the little guy. Kestrels are the smallest hawks in North America. They make up for their diminutive size with unflinching ferocity.
@dwebstersf.bsky.social153
Osprey, wings spread wide, hovering in the cloudless skies above Kiwanis Lake, York, PA back in Spring.
@witchspace.eurosky.social145
Cooper's Hawk perched in a tree, looking over its shoulder in dappled sunlight
@lorilorikeet.bsky.social140
A male Osprey with it's breakfast in the early dawn light.
@chuck4242.bsky.social137
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