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Raptors
At The Cascades Raptor Center
32275 Fox Hollow Road
Eugene, Oregon
Birds of prey or predatory birds, colloquially known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). [from wikipedia] American Kestrel • Bald Eagle • Barn Owl • Burrowing Owl • Great Horned Owl • Gyrfalcon • Northern Goshawk • Rough-Legged Hawk • Snowy Owl |
![]() The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), also called the sparrow hawk, is the smallest and most common falcon in North America.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down upon and snatches from the water with its talons.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, being found almost everywhere except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific Islands.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open, dry area with low vegetation.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The great horned owl was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the other owls in the genus Strix and coined the binomial name Strix virginia.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The gyrfalcon is the largest falcon in the world, being about the same size as the largest buteos (buzzards) but probably slightly heavier. [from wikipedia]
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![]() It is a widespread species that inhabits many of the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The northern goshawk is the only species in the genus Accipiter found in both Eurasia and North America.[from wikipedia]
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![]() The rough-legged buzzard (Europe) or rough-legged hawk (North America)(Buteo lagopus) is a medium-large bird of prey. It is found in Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America, Europe, and Russia during the breeding season and migrates south for the winter.[from wikipedia]
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![]() Most owls sleep during the day and hunt at night, but the snowy owl is often active during the day, especially in the summertime.[from wikipedia]
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