#accipitriformes

[herpsandbirds]

Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus), family Accipitridae, Chobe, Botswana

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Nick Dale

[herd-reject-arts]

So I'm leaving work and something darts in front of me, maybe 10ft away, too fast for me to see what it is. Peek around the tree blocking my path and I see this

Just like... a whole ass hawk. Dude's gotta be about 1.5ft tall. Massive fucking bird. And it's just staring me straight in my soul like this, even as I try to move ahead. It didn't budge. And there's only this path back to my car unless I want to walk on a busy highway. So I have the option of Death By Raptor or Death By Truck.

So I walk in the poison ivy filled patch off the sidewalk. Guy still isn't moving. Still staring me directly in the eyes. And I do this thing when animals are behaving strangely where I'll talk to them, so I'm just like, "Hey, man. I don't know you. You don't know me. This feels really threatening. I'm just trying to get to my car, dude. Can I get some space please? You're a big fucking bird. I see those claws. You could kill me right now, but I'd appreciate if you didn't, ok?"

It didn't move until I was about 2ft away. Again: I'm as far from it as I can be without walking into the street. It clearly wasn't going to budge. I walk past, thing flies up (silent, btw. Scary) and lands on a brick wall a little further ahead

Anyway. Weird guy. Nearly shit my pants when I noticed a bird big enough to carry off a fully grown cat was just... there, staring me in the face, unwilling to move away from me, a human, something it should see as a threat. I watched behind me the whole rest of the way to my car, just in case this bird decided to help me shed this mortal coil. 10/10 experience. Super cool guy.

[alonglistofbirds]

[1591/10977] Booted eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Subfamily: Aquilinae (booted eagles)

Photo credit: Miguel Rouco via Macaulay Library

[snototter]

A white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) sits on a hippo skull in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya

by praveen pandian

[dovemoulins]

ive wanted to get a close up pic of a black shouldered kite for so long and it finally happened 😭😭😭 SO HAPPY

[birds--daily]

day 29

today's bird is the red kite!

requested by @kitedraws !!

- couldn't find any cool facts but i think it's funny that the red kite's scientific name is Milvus milvus...

[fullfrontalbirds]

Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbeus)

© José Orozco

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

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[this-is-a-nice-stick]

White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

© Mike “Champ” Krzychylkiewicz

[birdblues]

Albino Turkey Vulture

[herpsandbirds]

White-bellied Goshawk (Tachyspiza haplochroa), family Accipitridae, family Accipitriformes, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Dubi Shapiro

[vulture-appreciation]

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

© Braxton Landsman

[alonglistofbirds]

[2066/11056] Cape vulture - Gyps coprotheres

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae

Photo credit: Albert Froneman via Macaulay Library

[snototter]

A bearded vulture or lammergier (Gypaetus barbatus) nests in Mongolia

by Tumendelger Khumbaa

[birds-that-screm]

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

© Nicole Richardson

[birds--daily]

incredible work!! your style is so distinctive and fun to look at :) would love to see a bearded vulture or a harpy eagle!!

day 16

today's bird is the harpy eagle!

- the talons of a harpy eagle are about the same length as a grizzly bear's claws! (i did not very accurately portray this in my drawing lmao)

- harpy eagles feed on sloths, opossums, and monkeys

- their characteristic head plumage can help direct sound waves into their ears

- they are a keystone species in their native range (southern mexico through central and south america, down to argentina)