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  • SwallowTailedKite-LakeYale-7-24-2020-sjs-002
  • SwallowTailedKite-LakeYale-7-24-2020-sjs-004
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-006
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-008
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-012
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-015
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-016
  • SwallowtailedKite-LAWD-7-24-20-sjs-027
  • SwallowTailKite-AvianReconditioningCenterFL-11-11-17-SJS-005
  • SwallowtailKite-MeadGardens-4-21-20-SJS-001
  • SwallowtailKite-MeadGardens-4-21-20-SJS-002
  • SwallowtailKite-MeadGardens-4-21-20-SJS-003
  • SwallowtailKite-SunnyhillRestorationArea-4-30-20-SJS-01
  • Immature male Coopers Hawk, probably less than a year old.
  • Red Tailed Hawk (Leucistic)
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br /> <br /> Identification Tips:<br /> Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br /> Large, narrow-winged hawk <br /> Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br /> Wings taper to a rounded tip <br /> Short hooked beak <br /> White cap <br /> Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br /> Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br /> Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br /> White chin, throat, breast and belly <br /> Brown tail has a number of white bands <br /> Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br /> Adult male: <br /> <br /> Underparts entirely white <br /> Adult female: <br /> <br /> Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br /> Immature: <br /> <br /> White tips to dark back feathers
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br /> <br /> Identification Tips:<br /> Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br /> Large, narrow-winged hawk <br /> Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br /> Wings taper to a rounded tip <br /> Short hooked beak <br /> White cap <br /> Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br /> Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br /> Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br /> White chin, throat, breast and belly <br /> Brown tail has a number of white bands <br /> Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br /> Adult male: <br /> <br /> Underparts entirely white <br /> Adult female: <br /> <br /> Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br /> Immature: <br /> <br /> White tips to dark back feathers
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br /> <br /> Identification Tips:<br /> Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br /> Large, narrow-winged hawk <br /> Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br /> Wings taper to a rounded tip <br /> Short hooked beak <br /> White cap <br /> Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br /> Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br /> Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br /> White chin, throat, breast and belly <br /> Brown tail has a number of white bands <br /> Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br /> Adult male: <br /> <br /> Underparts entirely white <br /> Adult female: <br /> <br /> Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br /> Immature: <br /> <br /> White tips to dark back feathers
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br /> <br /> Identification Tips:<br /> Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br /> Large, narrow-winged hawk <br /> Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br /> Wings taper to a rounded tip <br /> Short hooked beak <br /> White cap <br /> Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br /> Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br /> Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br /> White chin, throat, breast and belly <br /> Brown tail has a number of white bands <br /> Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br /> Adult male: <br /> <br /> Underparts entirely white <br /> Adult female: <br /> <br /> Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br /> Immature: <br /> <br /> White tips to dark back feathers
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) <br /> <br /> Identification Tips:<br /> Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 54 inches <br /> Large, narrow-winged hawk <br /> Flies on flat wings with distinct kink at elbow <br /> Wings taper to a rounded tip <br /> Short hooked beak <br /> White cap <br /> Dark brown eyeline broadening behind eye <br /> Dark brown nape, back and upperwings <br /> Wings from below: flight feathers white barred with black, undersecondary coverts white and underprimary coverts black producing rectangular black mark at wrist <br /> White chin, throat, breast and belly <br /> Brown tail has a number of white bands <br /> Hovers and then plunges into water after fish <br /> Adult male: <br /> <br /> Underparts entirely white <br /> Adult female: <br /> <br /> Dark necklace of streaks on throat <br /> Immature: <br /> <br /> White tips to dark back feathers
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