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Birds Of Prey in New York. Created by Tim Hines. Table of Contents. Peregrine Falcon Osprey Bald Eagle Red Tailed Hawk Broad Winged Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Sharp Shinned Hawk Barred Owl Barn Owl Great Horned Owl. Peregrine Falcon. Size: 36-49 cm (14-19 in)

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  1. Birds Of Prey in New York Created by Tim Hines

  2. Table of Contents • Peregrine Falcon • Osprey • Bald Eagle • Red Tailed Hawk • Broad Winged Hawk • Cooper’s Hawk • Sharp Shinned Hawk • Barred Owl • Barn Owl • Great Horned Owl

  3. Peregrine Falcon • Size: 36-49 cm (14-19 in) • Wingspan: 100-110 cm (39-43 in) • Weight: 530-1600 g (18.71-56.48 ounces) • Long pointed wings.

  4. Osprey Pandion haliaetus • White breast and belly. • Blackish brown back and wings. • White head with a dark eyestripe. • 54-58 cm (21-23 in) standing upright • Wingspan: 150-180 cm (59-71 in) • Weight: 1400-2000 g (49.42-70.6 ounces) • Fish are 99% of the Osprey’s diet. • The Osprey nests on many manmade structures like telephone poles or channel markers.

  5. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus • Size: 71-96 cm (28-38 in) • Wingspan: 204 cm (80 in) • Weight: 3000-6300 g (105.9-222.39 ounces) • Prefers to eat fish. Also eats large birds, mammals, and carrion. • During courtship, a pair flies up high, locks feet and spirals toward the ground

  6. Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis • Size: 45-65 cm (18-26 in) • Wingspan: 114-133 cm (45-52 in) • Weight: 690-1460 g (24.36-51.54 ounces) • Preys on small and medium-sized mammals, birds, reptiles.

  7. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus • Size: 34-44 cm (13-17 in) • Wingspan: 81-100 cm (32-39 in) • Weight: 265-560 g (9.35-19.77 ounces) • Chest reddish, reddish barring along sides. • Throat white.

  8. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii • Size: 39-50 cm (15-20 in) • Wingspan: 62-90 cm (24-35 in) • Weight: 250-597 g (8.83-21.07 ounces) • Medium-sized hawk. • Tail long, rounded, and barred. • Wings short and rounded. • Back dark gray or gray-brown. • Underparts barred reddish and white.

  9. Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus • Size: 24-34 cm (9-13 in) • Wingspan: 43-56 cm (17-22 in) • Weight: 87-218 g (3.07-7.7 ounces) • Small hawk. • Tail long, barred, and ends with a square tip. • Wings short and rounded. • Adults with blue-gray back and wings, reddish barring on underparts.

  10. Barred Owl • Size: 43-50 cm (17-20 in) • Wingspan: 99-110 cm (39-43 in) • Weight: 470-1050 g (16.59-37.07 ounces) • Large owl. • Head round with no ear tufts. • Eyes dark. • Underparts whitish with dark streaks.

  11. Barn Owl Tyto alba • Size: 32-40 cm (13-16 in) • Wingspan: 100-125 cm (39-49 in) • Weight: 400-700 g (14.12-24.71 ounces) • White or mostly white underside. • Heart-shaped, white face. • Back tawny, marked with black and white • Round head without ear tufts.

  12. Great Horned Owl • Size: 46-63 cm (18-25 in) • Wingspan: 101-145 cm (40-57 in) • Weight: 910-2500 g (32.12-88.25 ounces) • Ear tufts are offset to pinpoint noises. Bubo virginianus

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