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Raptor Reverie
I love to photograph birds. My favorite are the raptors. I have hundreds of photos so I thought I would share a few here.
Click on the photo for larger sized picture.
Female Osprey rebuilding the nest after storm damage:
Osprey defending it's perch:
Osprey reflection with fish:
Female American Bald eagle imitating an F-15 after an Osprey buzzed her nest:
Her triumphant return after chasing the Osprey away:
I have been tracking this female (on left) for a decade. She is huge compared to the males.
Juvenile American Bald Eagle getting buzzed by an Osprey:
Red-Shouldered Hawk:
Preparing for lift-off:
Warm light on early AM flight:
Red-Tailed Hawk in flight:
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Very well done. Thanks for showing these beautiful birds.
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Nice photos! You live in one of the very best bird-photography places in the world. I hope you know this!
Things are much different up here, just try to get close to any of the raptors, any of the herons, etc., and watch them fly away when you're still 80 or 100 yards away.
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Simply spectacular, absolutely spectacular!
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Excellent photos. Thank you for sharing.
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^^^ What he said! ^^^ 
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Very cool pictures . . . well done!
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Newest member of your fan club. Beautiful!
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful photographs!!!
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Those are stunning,thank you.
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Great photos. Thanks.
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Thank you for the kind comments.
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Awesome photos! Thanks.
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Wow, simply great pictures.
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Amazing photos! Thank you for posting them, BOS.
The osprey reflection shot is fantastic! I really enjoyed that one.
Your use of less depth of field on the Red Shouldered Hawk shots makes the bird pop nicely with great detail. Well done, sir.
I always root for the raptor, not the prey. Love 'em.
We have numerous hawks in our area, including many Red Tailed Hawks and a few of these are some serious bruisers. We always enjoy seeing the raptors.
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Great photos of some beautiful birds. On a houseboat trip on the St. John's river
out of Deland we saw countless encounters between ospreys & eagles with
amazing aerial acrobatics. You & I both live in birding Paradise.
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Great photo's, I hope you belong to the Photographic Society of America,, and enter Wild Life photo competitions. You have a real talent, as a former amateur photographer I recognize talent.
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Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos.
If you ain't a professional photographer, you orta be!!
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Something about birds and photography, they seem to be made for each other.
Those are fantastic photos, I wish I was 1/10th as good as you.
Birdwatchers really get an eye full. 
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Wonderful! Thank you!
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Thank you for posting your beautiful photographs. As previous posters have said, if you are not a professional photographer, you surely should be. These are really as good as I've seen.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for sharing the great photo's.
Raptors are my favorite birds.
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WOW!! ok
WOW!!! twice
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The pictures are excellent especially of the enormous female bald eagle!
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Sensational photos! But what, apart from the fact that they are bird-brains, would cause an osprey to attack a larger eagle?! 
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similar prey and roosts -- competition
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We have three that hunt in the back yard, a sharp-shinned, a kestrel, and a coopers. It's amazing to see how efficiently they track and catch their prey! I have taken a few photos, but nothing even close to compares to yours. I second the sentiment on the osprey reflection photo! That has to be an award winner!
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Well, I realize that, but does a leopard compete with lions or (in Asia) tigers? No, he tries to avoid being noticed by the larger cat.
Those ospreys must be very bold. I have seen pix of eagles stealing fish from ospreys, but that's a matter of the larger bird being more aggressive, as I'd expect.
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Here is a pic I took of a young Red Tail a couple years ago, watching me from his perch on an old power pole. The second is of a Red Tail that grabbed a rabbit right in front of me while driving down a dirt road.
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^^^
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While I am no ornithologist,
it is interesting competition
within their biosphere, Texas Star.
Felines like other animalia
may be absolutely different.
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