New game- gooseander, gooseander GOOSE ok I know it’s a hoodie merganser but that sounded better

Especially when you realize that the legs are still attached to the branch!!

A recent paper concluded that the loss of vultures increased human deaths by >4% because of the large negative shock to sanitation. What happened? Painkillers used to treat cattle were toxic to vultures + deliberate poisonings. What's being done: wapo.st/3XUWoma (gift). 🌎 #birds

Excuse me says the not to be forgotten bird feeder sentinel dove

Anytime!! I LOVE doing this one of my favorite things is to talk about the difference between Cooper’s and Sharp-shin hawks so if you ever have any questions, please bombard me with them such good practice

For comparison, here’s a Cooper’s hawk! Two of my favorite raptors. Awesome pics you got.

A easy one to help with red tailed is their belly band (not on their chest but actual belly! And the dark stripes on the shoulder area of their wings when looking at them flying above you. Here’s a picture from the hawkwatch international raptor ID app that’s very helpful!

Despite being far away, and not getting to see them in person myself m, I get a little jolt of excitement every time I see that somebody gets to see these guys!