The Birders Report

 
Osprey Portrait all photos by Rick
There is a long recorded history of eagles pirating fish from ospreys. A naturalist from England by the name of Mark Catesby first reported this pirating phenomenon back in 1731. Although there is a question as to how common this practice is, it is an incredible sight to see. Rick, [...]

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Anna’s Hummingbird (male) photo by Mark Schmitt
This incredible shot of the male Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte annas) was taken by Mark and later enjoyed while listening to a beautiful piece of Baroque music entitled “Spem in Alium” by Tallis.  These beautiful combinations of nature and man make the human spirit soar.
These incredible little birds have an amazing way [...]

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Red-tailed Hawk at lunch in downtown San Francisco
photo series by Glenn Nevill
I discovered this unbelievable story in the Yahoo group of “Raptor Watch” and just had to post it here. This is a photo of a Red-tailed Hawk having its lunch on a downtown sidewalk in San Francisco, California. As you can see from this [...]

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Hey everyone, I know this is a little off of the birding subject but I always want to pass on good information when it comes around.  If you are into blogging this is something you won’t want to pass up.  A free program on blogging, come on.  And from a group of folks who really know [...]

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Crow Attacking Red-tailed Hawk photos by Cleve Nash
Back on October 15th this year I wrote a post titled “Why are birds of prey harassed or mobbed”. You can read it here: Birds of Prey Harassed. Well, I recently came upon a photo story of a Red-tailed Hawk being attacked by a crow and I wanted [...]

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