Raptors Traditional Cache
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Bird of prey, also known as a raptor, a type of bird often
characterized by a hooked beak, sharp talons, and keen
eyesight.
They hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses,
especially vision; the talons and beaks tend to be relatively
large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing
flesh.
Raptor names
Eagles tend to be large birds with long, broad wings and
massive feet. They build very large stick nests.
True hawks are medium-sized birds of prey that usually
belong to the genus Accipiter. They are mainly woodland
birds that hunt by sudden dashes from a concealed perch. They
usually have long tails for tight steering.
Buzzards are medium-large raptors with robust bodies and
broad wings, or, alternatively, any bird of the genus Buteo
(also commonly known as "hawks" in North America).
Harriers are large, slender hawk-like birds with long tails
and long thin legs. Most hunt small vertebrates with a combination
of keen eyesight and hearing, gliding and circling low over
grasslands and marshes on their long broad wings.
Vultures are carrion-eating raptors Cathartidae. They
have heads either partly or fully denuded of feathers.
Falcons are small to medium sized birds of prey with long
pointed wings. Unlike most other raptors, they belong to the
Falconidae rather than the Accipitridae. Many are
particularly swift flyers. Instead of building their own nests,
falcons appropriate old nests of other birds but sometimes they lay
their eggs on cliff ledges or in tree hollows.
Owls are variable-sized, typically night-specialized hunting
birds. They fly soundlessly and have very acute senses of hearing
and low-light vision.
Many raptors can be seen at Oak Hammock Marsh and this is one of
the best place to see them. Can you spot one?
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