White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) A buoyant flier over open fields in the California central valley, north through coastal Oregon, and east to Texas. Palo Alto, California

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) A graceful summer resident of the central plains, wintering south of the United States. Its diet includes snakes, grasshoppers, lizards and other small reptiles. Everglades National Park Florida

Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) San Mateo County California

Bald Eagle (Haleatus leucocephalus) Everglades National Park Florida

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) A woodland hawk, about the size of a jay, which breeds as far north as Alaska and northern Canada. Marin County, California

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Several photographs

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) A large, secretive hawk of the north and of the western mountains of North America. Denali National Park Alaska

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), captive California Hawking Club

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) A buteo of riparian woodlands Kern County, California

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamicensis), immature In western North America, most hawks seen soaring overhead are this bird. Immature Red-tails do not have a red tail. California

Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), captive California Hawking Club

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), captive California Hawking Club

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Denali National Park Alaska and Sunol California

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), captive California Hawking Club

all photographs Copyright (C) Douglas Herr
last updated 15 January 2007