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A Hawkish Fearthursday
With what is going on in the world today, a few of us are feeling a little hawkish, but instead of acting on these feelings in some bellicose way, we’ve decided to channel that angst into these images of lovely North American raptors. These are color lithographs from our 1907 edition of Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds, by American ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by the English-Canadian-American wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton, published in New York by D. Appleton and Company. Shown here from top to bottom:
- American Kestrel(Falco sparverius), identified here as a Sparrow Hawk.
- Red-shouldered Hawk(Buteo lineatus).
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius), identified here as a Marsh Hawk.
- Sharp-shinned Hawk(Accipiter striatus).
- Osprey(Pandion haliaetus).
While all are “hawkish,” their familial relationships aren’t always straightforward. Of the birds shown here, all are in the order of Accipitriformes, except for the American Kestrel which is in the entirely separate order of Falconiformes. The rest are in the family Accipitridae, except the Osprey, which is in the family Pandionidae. Of the remaining Accipritidae in this group, all are in different sub-families and genera and … oh the family politics!
We just hope that your own hawkishness is spent contemplating the beauty and grace of this very diverse group of birds.
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Some raptor buddies at Sepulveda Basin yesterday.
A Red-winged Blackbird looking like it’s getting a free ride on an Osprey’s broomstick. The Blackbird was focused on driving the Osprey away from the marsh, while the Osprey was focused on bringing back a good stick for the nest.
Photo taken by Jocelyn Anderson
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Flying Fish of the Midwest!
A gaggle? No, a flock of Osprey? In any case, here’s 5 MV-22s in a pretty epic shot taken near Mt. Fuji.
CAMP FUJI, Japan (Nov. 4, 2016) MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft return after a long-range raid from Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa as part of Blue Chromite 2017, Nov. 4, 2016. The Marines honed their ability to project forces from afar by executing a long-range raid over 1,000 miles via MV-22B Osprey to include an aerial refueling by KC-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Major Michael Cato/released)
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I got to meet some of our parking lot security guards yesterday. We have this huge empty field near by with a couple of trees so I guess its perfect for raising Osprey chicks. There is plenty of hunting ground as its across the street from the Gulf. I saw about 6 individuals just flying around #floridawildlife #osprey #floridabeaches #raptor
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Yesterday an osprey decided to feast on expensive sushi and hunted one of the studio’s koi fish. #koifish #osprey #dreamworks #drawing #doodle #illustration #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #celinekim #celinekimart
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