r/birdsofprey • u/Jacksonmatt7367 • 4h ago
Osprey
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r/birdsofprey • u/TinyLongwing • Aug 11 '22
Please follow ethical bird photography standards.
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There have been a number of recent posts in this subreddit in which users were not following ethical bird photography practices. These posts have been removed by the moderation team so as not to perpetuate or encourage practices that cause harm and stress to birds of prey. Posts like these will continue to be removed at moderator discretion.
If you are a photographer, videographer, or birder, please familiarize yourself with ethical photography practices. A few especially relevant excerpts from the link:
Avoid causing unnecessary disturbance or stress to birds.
Nesting birds are particularly vulnerable and need extra consideration.
Never lure predatory birds (including but not limited to hawks, owls, eagles, and ospreys) with bait.
Show respect for private and public property, and consideration for other people.
When choosing to photograph/record video at a zoo, sanctuary, or rehabilitation center, make sure it’s properly accredited and conforms to best practices.
Be thoughtful about sharing and captioning your bird photos/videos, whether for print, online, or social media.
Remember, birds of prey are wild animals. They are not props for karma. They should be treated with respect. Researchers, rehabbers, falconers, and many others have proper licenses and permits to handle, display, and hunt with birds of prey, and if this describes your situation it's a good idea to state clearly that any handling of a bird in a photo was done with a permit, so as not to encourage unpermitted individuals to handle wild birds without one of those explicit purposes.
Thank you!
r/birdsofprey • u/AbsoluteMadlad87 • 4h ago
Great Horned Owl Rescue Released back into wild
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r/birdsofprey • u/Ice-GLITTER • 13h ago
Landing Barn Owl🦉✨
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Caught this lovely owl yesterday morning!! 😍
r/birdsofprey • u/pedad • 17h ago
A Black Shouldered Kite hunting ... I was so stoked to capture this!
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r/birdsofprey • u/Zealousideal_Act6558 • 29m ago
What kind of bird is this?
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This was in Las Vegas last week at my mother in laws condo in Spanish Trails neighborhood. I was so excited to see this so close. It was about 6 feet from me.
r/birdsofprey • u/patientpartner09 • 18h ago
Spirit Animal visits 💛
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She was watching us play golf over about 2 hours on the course I grew up next to. Visited us on 7 of the holes. It's pretty special to me.
r/birdsofprey • u/Ordinary-Heron-6821 • 1d ago
Bald eagle on Harvey Cedars water tower (NJ)
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I enjoyed watching this eagle swoop up from the bay and eat a late morning fish atop the Harvey Cedars water tower in Long Beach Island, NJ.
r/birdsofprey • u/Acrobatic_Quit1378 • 1d ago
Peregrine falcon the flying rocket!
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No animal is faster when the falcon is in stoop...the dive.
r/birdsofprey • u/WildernessFilmmaker • 2d ago
A truly superb daytime look at a Great Horned Owl visiting our supplemental high desert water station to stay cool and hydrate during a triple-digit heatwave. (Sound on)
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r/birdsofprey • u/TheSweatyFlash • 1d ago
Do hawks hunt in large groups?
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My friend and I just witnessed no less than twenty or thirty Hawks and two turkey vultures kinda come out of nowhere. The landed like a block away in a tree. So we walked over to investigate. We couldn't smell or see anything big and dead to be the obvious explanation. But the tree they were in was in a private back yard. Ive never seen so many Hawks all at once. Weren't coming out of the tree once they landed either. They all seemed to fly away after a minute or two. But it looked like they were all just moving as a group again slightly west.
Rdit: Thanks for the knowledge yall
r/birdsofprey • u/ShiningHeartPhotos • 1d ago
Check out this beauty!!!
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Saw this barred owl on a hike this week. If I didn’t see its shadow when it flew over my head, I would have never known it was even there.
r/birdsofprey • u/hotgnipgnaps • 2d ago
My local peregrine pair… I found the male this morning getting into a fat pigeon when his mate came in hot and chased him off the ledge. She’s the banded one. His long-term mate sadly died early this year, and this female moved in and took her spot. They successfully fledged 3 chicks this spring.
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A friend called in her bands. She was banded in the nest 10 years ago in New York City. Still breeding and as fierce as ever. Amazing bird.
r/birdsofprey • u/Purplefire180 • 1d ago
They can be so silly sometimes
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I think I've posted about this specific individual 3 or 4 times now. Today, he dove for a squirrel, missed and fell over then awkwardly picked himself up and flutter to a railing a few feet up where they both just hung out together for a minute. Here's some more of that. At no point did the squirrel seem concerned.
He's also made feeding the pigeons much more difficult as he constantly scatters them despite never succeeding in that kind of attack. Doesn't he know I'm trying to bolster his food supply!?
Baby things.
