#harrier hawke

[rulers-of-the-sky]

African Harrier-Hawk

[renumuro]

Gypaetinae

[great-and-small]

Lots of discussion about which bird has the most beautiful high-contrast plumage on my other post so I say we put it to a vote. Who’s your pick?

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 18, no. 8. August, 1957.

Internet Archive

[herpsandbirds]

Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos), male, family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, found across much of Asia

photograph by Rajesh Dhungana

[jackalbuzzards]

one of my favourite birds to see out and about

photos by me! this is the same african harrier hawk/ gymnogene that i see pretty often

[siravalon]

Bird of the Week: The African Harrier-Hawk! 🪶

The African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) is a raptor that can be found in rainforest areas of western Africa. They are opportunists by nature, and will feed on insects, small mammals, other birds’ eggs, and small reptiles.

A unique feature of the African Harrier-Hawk is its flexibility as a hunter. They can be observed clinging and hanging from branches, cliffs and nests, allowing themselves to reach hard to access prey and raid nests.

African Harrier-Hawks are members of the genus Polyboroides, harrier-hawks. There is one other known species in this genus: the Madagascar Harrier-Hawk.

[coffeenuts]

[maidenofthecloud]

I love how in this scene from "the code" dark ace looks like he's so proud of aerrow

and when raises his eyebrow 🤨 when harrier responds as if he's saying "don't point your finger at my kid like that, you moron" mentally

gives me dad vibes

[freaquin]

wait i never posted this either lmao

[rin-henricov]

[rulers-of-the-sky]

Madagascar harrier-hawk

[6h37]

feral

--|-|--

"Skip! Skip, listen to me! Think about what you're doing!"

The raptorial shriek he got in response was not the kid he knew.

Her deep brown irises were narrowed to animalistic slits, teeth bared as she tried to wrestle him out of the sky. She was looking for a meal, and she had found one.

"You're better than this, Skip, snap out of it!"

He couldn't take his eyes off hers; the silver accents of her uniform bottoms and the primal look in her eyes was harrowing. To become feral was like a disease, starting slow until it overtook your mind completely. He had seen many synths succumb; not even the highest-ranking Diamonds were immune to it.

But his kid...

They spiralled towards the dusty grassland below. Not sixteen hours ago they were skipping rocks, the pastime that had borne her name, and now she didn't know him.

She warned him, she warned him days ago, he knew it. He had joked and she did not laugh.

"Skip, please!"

[wizardhecker]

Day 14 and 15: goshawk and northern harrier

Both kind of on the edge of the Virginia range but they count!

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 16, no. 4. April, 1955. Illustration by Bob Hines.

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[jazzyrazzy157]

The last few students in the Atmos High Side (for now) (and Peregrine aka Perry)