Challenge for Pictures in a Series: Motif or Concept Raptors in Flight

[Asher Kelman]

Please dig through your collections and repost any raptors on patrol, in flight or grabbing nest material or prey!


My contribution is just a silhouette, like a book cover for the series.

Asher

 

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Red-tailed Hawk on the hunt.
Don

 

[Asher Kelman]

Matches my own raptor pretty will!

But I love the detail and soft texture in yours.

I feel sorry for Mrs. Mouse scampering below in the grasses!

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Except perhaps I need to recheck the beak on my original! It’s been pointed out to me the the beak is straight and might be that of a crow!

Oops!

But we do want raptors!

Asher

 

[Doug Herr]

 

[Asher Kelman]

Doug,

These are superb!

Do they territories of hawk varieties overlap and is cross breeding rare?
Asher

 

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Here is the Osprey with catch of the day a huge Spanish Mackerel.
Don

 

[Asher Kelman]

A magnificent catch for you and the offsprey!

No question, Don, the mackerel was not looking up!

Left and right won’t do it!

Do they simply have zero chance of escape if the bird focuses on them?

Asher

 

[Peter Dexter]

I've read the Osprey has a locked grip on its prey, logical if you eat slippery stuff, and has to eat the fish out of it.s talons.

 

[Doug Herr]