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Tim Hines

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• Peregrine Falcon• Osprey• Bald Eagle• Red Tailed Hawk• Broad Winged Hawk• Cooper’s Hawk• Sharp Shinned Hawk• Barred Owl• Barn Owl• Great Horned Owl

•Size: 36-49 cm (14-19 in) •Wingspan: 100-110 cm (39-43 in) •Weight: 530-1600 g (18.71-56.48 ounces) •Long pointed wings.

•White breast and belly. •Blackish brown back and wings. •White head with a dark eyestripe.•54-58 cm (21-23 in) standing upright• Wingspan: 150-180 cm (59-71 in) •Weight: 1400-2000 g (49.42-70.6 ounces) •Fish are 99% of the Osprey’s diet.

Pandion haliaetus

•The Osprey nests on many manmade structures like telephone poles or channel markers.

•Size: 71-96 cm (28-38 in) •Wingspan: 204 cm (80 in)• Weight: 3000-6300 g (105.9-222.39 ounces) •Prefers to eat fish. Also eats large birds, mammals, and carrion.

•During courtship, a pair flies up high, locks feet and spirals toward the ground

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

• Size: 45-65 cm (18-26 in)

• Wingspan: 114-133 cm (45-52 in)

• Weight: 690-1460 g (24.36-51.54 ounces)

• Preys on small and medium-sized mammals, birds, reptiles.

Buteo jamaicensis

•Size: 34-44 cm (13-17 in) •Wingspan: 81-100 cm (32-39 in) •Weight: 265-560 g (9.35-19.77 ounces) •Chest reddish, reddish barring along sides. •Throat white.

Buteo platypterus

•Size: 39-50 cm (15-20 in) •Wingspan: 62-90 cm (24-35 in) •Weight: 250-597 g (8.83-21.07 ounces)

•Medium-sized hawk. •Tail long, rounded, and barred. •Wings short and rounded. •Back dark gray or gray-brown. •Underparts barred reddish and white.

Accipiter cooperii

•Size: 24-34 cm (9-13 in) •Wingspan: 43-56 cm (17-22 in) •Weight: 87-218 g (3.07-7.7 ounces) •Small hawk. •Tail long, barred, and ends with a square tip. •Wings short and rounded. •Adults with blue-gray back and wings, reddish barring on underparts.

Accipiter striatus

•Size: 43-50 cm (17-20 in) •Wingspan: 99-110 cm (39-43 in) •Weight: 470-1050 g (16.59-37.07 ounces) •Large owl. •Head round with no ear tufts. •Eyes dark. •Underparts whitish with dark streaks.

•Size: 32-40 cm (13-16 in) •Wingspan: 100-125 cm (39-49 in) •Weight: 400-700 g (14.12-24.71 ounces) •White or mostly white underside. •Heart-shaped, white face. •Back tawny, marked with black and white •Round head without ear tufts.

Tyto alba

• Size: 46-63 cm (18-25 in)

• Wingspan: 101-145 cm (40-57 in)

• Weight: 910-2500 g (32.12-88.25 ounces)

• Ear tufts are offset to pinpoint noises.

Bubo virginianus