RAPTORS AND VULTURES

Red-Tailed Hawks in downtown Toronto 
Hi there!!

Saw two very big birds of prey flying over my building in downtown (!!) Toronto on Saturday, January 14th.

It was just west of Queen and ...

Possibly Cooper's Hawk 
The predator sits on the magnolia tree in front of my window looking at birds and squirrels feeding under the bird feeder.

Which one out of three Squirrels,...

What Do Hawks Eat? 
I heard if Hawks are hungry enough they could swoop down and pick up a small dog, is that true?

I know they are amazingly strong birds.

What is ...

Coopers Hawk 
A regular visitor, looking for a meal, in our garden.

Marinus Pater
Georgetown
Ontario

Thanks! Another great picture!

Hawk in High Park 
Last Sunday in High Park, Toronto, I came across this beautiful Red Tailed Hawk , lunching on a Squirrel .

It gave me dirty, warning looks, but ...

Big Adult red tailed hawk.. Toronto? 
I was sitting on my back deck this morning having coffee, when this big adult male Red Tailed Hawk landed in our tree.

It was holding a city pigeon ...

Golden Eagle Sighting? 
Hi all,

I was recently driving at the split in Barrie Ontario. For those of you who don't know what that means, it is where the highway splits between ...

American Kestrel 
My wife an I have lived in Roslin, Ontario, for 4 years, and since we moved here, we have had Kestrels come and nest in our garage.

The first three ...

Golden Eagle seen today 
I saw a Golden Eagle at the side of the 10 Sideroad in Milton today, not far from Trafalgar Road.

It was sitting right close to the road on a tree ...

n0va59 
I live on the 12th (and top) floor of an apartment byilding right beside the 401 in Scarborough.

I have had a Rough legged Hawk land on my balcony and ...

Help identifying by description please!  
Okay, so my friend and I are having a difficult time identifying some birds we saw today. I wish we had a camera with us so I could post pics!

It ...

Turkey Vulture sighting 
Sitting in a doctor's office at Sherbourne and Bloor in Toronto Ontario which is downtown and saw this incredible sight of two Turkey vultures soaring ...

Vultures and Hawks in Kitchener-Waterloo 
On Tuesday, March 29 2011, I went out around 5:15 to walk my dog and spotted a group of about 10-15 Vultures with red faces or heads flying low.

I ...

Home Sweet Home 
I just moved to this great new farm house 2 months ago, and in the last two weeks I have been seeing these rather large birds soaring around my house and ...

Hawk (neighbourhood security come cheap) 
I live near Merlin, Ontario, out in the country. Typically Hawks stay here year-round, so I guess these Hawks do not migrate.

Right now we have ...

Mystery Raptor pair 
On March 18, in Oakville, Ontario, I saw two large soaring birds of prey (I think). Too large to be Red-Tailed Hawks, these two birds were almost 100% white ...

BaldEeagle 
Unless there is an Ontario hawk that has a "bald" head and quite resembles the Eagle, I think I saw an Bald Eagle flying over the Goderich golf course ...

Juvenile Bald Eagle 
I went for a bike ride last Thursday, looking for this guy, and he did not disappoint me! (and there have been plenty of times I haven't seen anything!...

Red Tailed Hawk 
One of our readers from London, Ontario, sent us this report of a Hawk sighting - This little Red Tailed Hawk unfortunately hurt one of its wings whilst ...

Broad-winged Hawk Sighting - Southern Ontario 
I live in Ajax, Ontario. Our house looks out onto a small wooded area that has a creek running through it.

We have a small bird feeder that attracts ...

Baby Owls 
Here is the update from one of our readers who saw young Great Horned Owls - Here are a couple of pictures of Great Horned Owl babies, and a couple of ...

Rough-legged Hawk 
Has anyone seen Rough-legged Hawks lately, in and around Kingston, Ontario?

We have quite a few sightings in the Gananoque area. We were wondering ...

Red Tailed Thief 
This morning I was sipping my coffee as I looked out of the window, and watching my cat, Sheba, as she waited patiently for a Chipmunk to come out from ...

A Hawk or Falcon? 
Just before dark today, I filled the bird feeder and there was quite a number of sparrows. All of a sudden they disappeared and I noticed it.

In ...

Turkey Vultures Nickel Beach, Port Colborne 
My wife and I take regular walks on Nickel Beach, Port Colbourne, Ontario. This morning, we observed 6 large birds, 2 of them eating a dead fish, near ...

Osprey in Hamilton 
Last night we spotted an Osprey behind our house. It perched in a tree for an hour and then flew away. Tonight the Osprey returned to the same tree and ...

Raptor - Hawk 
I live on the 12th floor of an apartment in central London, Ontario. This is my second sighting. The first was the bird going after pigeons on the apartment ...

Hawk visitor 
S/he just popped in out of nowhere into our suburban back yard (granted our development surrounded on 3 sides by farm lands). Not sure if its a Coopers ...

Hawks in our backyard 
We noticed a hawk in our backyard over the last few days. Today we had quite a treat with 3 in our backyard at once. So we think it may be mom with her ...

Flock of Hawks 
I saw a flock of about 30 Hawks last fall near Oshawa, Ontario. It was a beautiful sight, but I am curious as to whether this is a regular occurrence?...

Large Bird, Huge Nest  
Today I witnessed a large bird of prey carrying what I thought at first was a snake, turns out it was a stick about 3.5 ft long, it actually dropped the ...

We saw a Turkey Vulture 
Travelling to Hagar, Ontario, Hwy 535, spotted a scary looking large size bird, pink/red head and black body ..... it appeared to be eating roadkill.

As ...

Maybe Golden Eagles 
There are at least two large Eagles, a very dark brown/black colour, which appear to live in a forested area between London and Lambeth.

They make ...

Raptor sighting 
Calling all Birdwatchers - we need help from any of our readers who are amateur Ornithologists!

Pam, from Ayton, Ontario sent us this report of her ...

Golden Eagles in Innisfil 
I have had two occasions where I thought I saw a Golden Eagle. This time (beginning of April) I had a witness to what I saw.

My 15 and 16 year old ...

Eagle sighted in South Grey County. 
We need help from all our readers who are amateur Ornithologists! One of our readers sent us this report of her bird sighting, and we need help identifying ...

Merlin in Fort Erie? 
Shannon, one of our readers from Fort Erie sent us this question - Earlier today I was in the Walmart parking lot in Fort Erie, Ontario, when I saw a bird ...

Peregrine Falcon 
There are several pairs of Peregrine Falcons based around Fanshawe College, just a short distance from our house.

Occasionally, I've seen them in one ...

Kestrels near London, Ontario 
One of our readers sent us this report of her sighting today - When my mother and I were driving south of London today, we saw two Kestrels on the telephone ...

Having breakfast 
I saw this bird this morning on a fencepost enjoying a small bird for breakfast.

I'm hoping someone can identify it for me.

Hmmm..... it looks ...

High Park Toronto 
Hawk, lunching on a Squirrel.

Eagles in Mulmur 
We can confirm we have seen both a Bald Eagle and a Golden Eagle. At different times of course, but last year, 2010.

The Bald Eagle came flying ...

Mystery Raptor! 
I don't know what it is .....it is relatively small and very agile. It hunts the birds that attend our bird feeder complex.

Yesterday around 4:00pm ...

Bittersweet Wonders of the World. 
July 1, 2010 landed in the middle of the week. Steve, Sam and I went camping at Conestoga Family Campgrounds with Steve's parents, his sister Michelle,...

Broad Wing Hawk 
Hi, I was waiting to post this until I got confirmation of my sighting from e-bird Canada (a reporting sight where bird watchers go to let others know ...

Strange bird?  Not rated yet
January 26th 2012 at noon in St. George, Ontario.

I was outside and saw the strangest bird.

I was probably 200 ft away but I saw 15 - 20 birds ...

What is this unusual bird in my yard?  Not rated yet
Hi there,

I caught a picture of this bird this morning just before he took flight.

We live in urban Ontario in a townhouse style condo.

My ...

What did I see?  Not rated yet
Good Morning!

As I was sitting here having my coffee and watching the snow fluttering down in my back yard, I noticed a large bird sitting on the ...

Saw what I think is a Red Tailed Hawk  Not rated yet
Yesterday, October 11, 2011.

It was in my garden in Toronto, and when it took off its underside was light in colour.

Gorgeous bird!

Never seen ...

Hawks Flocking  Not rated yet
October 2nd 2011 - In Markham, Ontario, we saw what must have been 30 to 40 Hawks flying overhead and just gliding about.

We live across from a big ...

Resident Red-Tailed Hawks   Not rated yet
I have garden plots in the at Berkshire Community Gardens, London, behind the Sifton offices on Berkshire Drive.

There are a resident pair of Red-...

Turkey Vulture  Not rated yet
I'm at Charleston Lake, Ontario (near Brockville)

Walking on our cottage road in August, I saw a large black bird with a red head, picking at some "road ...

Close Call  Not rated yet
I have seen, 8 feet over the top of my Jack Russell Terrier, a Golden Eagle.

We are located on a farm located in King City, Ontario. The Eagle's ...

Hawks are doing well in my Scarborough neighbourhood  Not rated yet
Well this is my 2nd submission about the many, many Hawks who make my neighbourhood home.

I have had several Hawks land on my balcony railing over the ...

Bald eagle sightings  Not rated yet
I live in Brantford, Ontario, and I have seen several adult Bald Eagles in Brantford and one juvenile, which was flying over the Grand River. (No, it was ...

Turkey Vultures in Aurora and Ottawa  Not rated yet
A couple of weeks ago, K. Mikula wrote to tell us ..... Just spotted a Turkey Vulture 19/3/11 at 3:50pm flying over the St. Andrews Golf Club in Aurora,...

Osprey and Bald Eagles in London  Not rated yet
We have been keeping an eye on the Bald Eagle Nest at Fanshawe, they are very active.

A week or so ago we saw an Osprey fly overhead while at Gibbon'...

Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond Hill?  Not rated yet
On Easter Monday, we spotted, in a tall deciduous tree in the ravine behind our house, a very light, buffy, pale looking Hawk sitting on the bare branches....

Osprey in St Thomas  Not rated yet
April 22nd 2011 at around the noon hour, I and three others, spotted a very large Osprey flying over Kettle Creek.

I found this site to identify the ...

Turkey Vulture  Not rated yet
I live in Victoria Harbour, Ontario, and to be honest although there's a lot of land, I'm usually not lucky enough to see any wild animals.

However,...

The Osprey are back :)  Not rated yet
Well I am happy to report that in Dufferin/Wellington County the mating pairs of Osprey have returned to their local nesting sites.

What a wonderful ...

Over Our House  Not rated yet
Two of our readers sent us reports of their Turkey Vulture sightings recently - the first one is from Margaret , who says ..... My husband and I watched ...

Raptor in my backyard!  Not rated yet
I went outside today to find a large Hawk eating its lunch in a tree in my apartment backyard. There was a Crow hopping around the tree branches trying ...

Turkey Vultures, we think  Not rated yet
This morning while making my son's lunch, I looked out of the kitchen window and saw at least six large birds in our backyard. I called out to my son to ...

Bald Eagles while driving on highway 7   Not rated yet
Sunday and Monday I was driving along highway 7 and I believe I saw quite a number of Bald Eagles (upwards of 5). Is this possible?

The birds definitely ...

First Turkey Vulture  Not rated yet
The Red Tail Hawks are coming back for the season - some other birds of prey are on the move, but you know that most of the other animals are waking up ...

Red Tailed Hawk pair  Not rated yet
While picking up my step-daughter at King Edward School, in Kitchener, there was a pair of Red Tailed Hawks sitting together in the tree beside the ...

Interesting looking hawk  Not rated yet
I had an interesting Hawk sitting in a tree in our backyard in Grimsby, in a residential area for a good 15 minutes. He had a fan shaped tail that was ...

May be Cooper's Hawk  Not rated yet
I believe I saw a Juvenile Cooper's Hawk today in Whitby Ontario. The colouration matches the picture in Wikipedia of the same.

I also took the time ...

Eagles - Bald or Golden?  Not rated yet
It's me again, I submitted the two not so good pictures of the Eagles with the Owls.

I was hoping patience would pay off, but I haven't seen the Eagles ...

Turkey Vulture Roost  Not rated yet
One of our neighbours has a large fir tree in their back yard, and every Summer it's home to a dozen or more Turkey Vultures .

They roost in it overnight,...

Turkey Vltures at Port Stanley, Lake Erie  Not rated yet
Saw a bunch of these guys on the beach in Port Stanley and got this shot - one of my favorites!!

Thanks for another lovely picture, Lisa!

Red Tailed Hawk  Not rated yet
My husband was doing dishes in the kitchen and saw a Red Tailed Hawk on the branch in front of our 2nd floor window.

This is downtown Toronto area,...

A Hawk through a dirty Toronto window  Not rated yet
I recently purchased a modest telephoto lens and had been practicing its use on Sparrows in my back yard.

Generally I have a small blind I can open....

Red Tailed Hawks  Not rated yet
Since I started bird watching (focusing on raptors) about a year or so ago, I've realized how many Red Tailed Hawks there are in London.

I have a ...

What was it?  Not rated yet
I believe I may have seen a Gyrfalcon, it was very large and similar in colouration to a Seagull. Seen in Brampton, Ontario.

I wonder if any of our ...

RED TAILED HAWK  Not rated yet
If I am right about the bird, we have seen no less than 3 at a time in our area - right in Port Credit (Mississauga). Our back yard is fairly heavily ...

Eagle sighted   Not rated yet
Twice now I have seen a very large bird of prey hovering and then chasing after prey. I teach at Stewarttown Public school in Georgetown and, while not ...

Turkey Vulture at Belwood Lake  Not rated yet
My son and I spotted what was undoubtedly a Turkey Vulture , several times on the dock at our cottage on Belwood Lake (near Fergus) during the second ...

Rough Legged Hawk?  Not rated yet
One of our readers sent us this question today - I saw a large bird near my house in west-end Toronto today (Aug 4/10). It flew off the ground and perched ...

Osprey in Bradford?  Not rated yet
My family and I were driving home through Bradford when I spotted a very large bird on the top of a telephone pole.

It looked black and white in colour....

Raptor over London  Not rated yet
We have watched a type of hawk from our 14th floor apartment building on Ridout St. in London.

This morning it landed on our balcony railing and sat ...

Turkey Vulture  Not rated yet
Barbara from Innisfil, sent us this report of her Turkey Vulture sighting, she says - We live in the Innisfil area. While we were heading out to do some ...

Turkey Vulture, June 7th and 9th, 2010  Not rated yet
Debra, one of our readers from north of Scarborough, sent us this report - Lake Scugog, West shore of Washburn Island, there seems to be just one of them ...

Turkey Vulture June 2010  Not rated yet
Anna, one of our readers from Bala, Ontario, sent us this report from her Kayaking trip - June 3 and June 4, 2010. Byng Inlet, Ontario. Two instances....

Red Tail Hawk with Young  Not rated yet
This very attendant mother lives outside of Monkton, Ontario. Her mate is frequently seen hunting in the area.

What a wonderful picture of a Red ...

Osprey sighting in Oakville!  Not rated yet
My two children, aged 13 and 7, asked me to find the name of a large bird they saw while at the local park. The biggest identifying mark they remembered ...

Turkey Vultures on the Niagara Escarpment  Not rated yet
One of our readers sent us this report of his sighting of Turkey Vultures - Sunday May 16, 2010, today my girlfriend and I went for a hike at Woodend....

Morning Northern Goshawk  Not rated yet
I woke this morning to find a juvenile Northern Goshawk warming itself in the sunshine, perched on my picnic table. I did manage to get a few nice photos....

Birds of Prey in Barrie  Not rated yet
My 2 yr old son and I were out taking a walk down our street, when he looked up into the sky and pointed to some very large birds flying by.

I thought ...