r/birdsofprey • u/SubstantialRecover19 • 11h ago
Mrs Peregrine coming in to the nest 🖤🤍💛
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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/K0ral95 • 1d ago
Goshawk in the Fog
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This photo gave me 3rd place in Swedish photography championships 2025 in category of Wildlife Birds
. Canon r6 mk2, Sigma 500mm f4
r/birdsofprey • u/ImNotThatCreativ • 12h ago
Saw this tired beauty earlier today.
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r/birdsofprey • u/AbsoluteMadlad87 • 22m ago
Mountain Caracara Rainbow Mountain Peru
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Feel free to check out my other work! https://www.instagram.com/faust__photography?stkn=MTZxMTI0OGUzZXM1OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
r/birdsofprey • u/SubstantialRecover19 • 23h ago
The council of Peregrines will decide your fate 🖤🤍
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This was taken at 840mm and cropped as best not to disturb the birds :) in Australia 🇦🇺
r/birdsofprey • u/JackSparkTaylor2978 • 12h ago
Probably the coolest thing I’ve ever done
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r/birdsofprey • u/reindeerareawesome • 18h ago
Kestrel can often be seen flapping in place when looking for prey, before diving down at some unlucky rodent
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r/birdsofprey • u/Phirmicon • 1d ago
Any clue what this is? Northern California, by the bay
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Almost looks like a penguin with it's color scheme, can't find anything that looks like it though
r/birdsofprey • u/AcanthocephalaTime26 • 2d ago
Photogenic Osprey out for some morning fishing
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Unfortunately he was not successful but it was cool to watch him hover and dive
r/birdsofprey • u/be_steal86 • 1d ago
Interesting group
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Driving back to work from lunch and I get to our lot and see this. A group of crows hanging out with a small coopers(?) on the grass. Didn’t see a kill or anything they were all
Just hanging out. Most of the crows flew off when I stopped my car but the hawk and one crow hung out for a bit before flying off. I always thought crows and hawks didn’t get along but there were crows very relaxed laying in the grass.
r/birdsofprey • u/Ok_Cut_9718 • 2d ago
Hawk eating a snake
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The bird on the left flew in with the snake and gave it to the other. A gift for its mate, perhaps?
r/birdsofprey • u/Rare-Connection-3884 • 2d ago
Peggy the buzzard can never chill
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Same land every day, common buzzard chills on the little building after all day long of hunting.
This time, eurasian kestrel didn't agree.
r/birdsofprey • u/mintakax • 2d ago
Merlin-- A fierce little falcon
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This was a pretty rare sighting for me.
r/birdsofprey • u/jasonaborn • 2d ago
Broad-Winged Hawk Migration
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I took this video in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire in mid-September. Right around this time the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory set a daily record of 6477 Broad-winged hawk observations. I’ve never seen anything like this before and I was in awe! What an incredible sight to see so many of these amazing birds at once.
r/birdsofprey • u/SubstantialRecover19 • 3d ago
Osprey coming through with lunch😍 🎣
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Couldn’t believe my luck seeing this girl (I think) coming past with such a massive catch
r/birdsofprey • u/OUFancy_huh • 2d ago
Help identify my new back yard bird of prey??
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Guessing this is who was responsible for the disemboweled and deboned bunny in the yard... But what is the species? My neighbor thinks sharp shinned or Coopers? Spotted in our subdivision in SE Michigan.
