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Gallery 5: Raptors (click to enlarge)

Female Snowy Owl eyeing me over her back at a distance as dusk falls at Grand Rapids airport during a "snowy irruption" visit in 2013. I was a full parking lot away to avoid harassing her. (Dec. 15)

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A Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) rests on one foot as the setting sun catches its blood-red eye. A hunter of song birds, this one was stalking at a backyard feeding station. (March 1)

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Four Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) chicks were raised in 2023. Two are shown actively watching one of the parents overhead. (June 2)

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The first Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick to fledge in 2023 takes its first tentative steps outside the nest box on top of the MSU Stadium. The other three chicks are still in the box, although two can't be seen. I took the photos on location (in a parking lot) but confirmed all this later that day on the YouTube live cam provided by the MSU Fisheries & Wildlife Club. (June 2)

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A Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) surveys a field from a utility pole. (July 14)

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© 2023 by C. A. Mullhaupt.

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