Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Jenner, California

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)

Bald Eagle (Haleatus leucocephalus)

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

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

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) A buteo of riparian woodlands

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) common in eastern North America and a rare migrant on the west coast Marin County, California

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

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

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), captive

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus), captive

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

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