Raptors of Flower Hill Farm
Raptors are mighty warriors of the sky and can soar down on a prey with impressing speed. I do appreciate their hunting skills, especially when it comes to rabbits. Rabbits eat all of my veggies and I am afraid their greed makes me not like them too much. Vultures keep the world clean by eating our dead and that makes them very beneficial birds. I had one truly amazing encounter with a Turkey Vulture. Normally, I just see them soaring in the sky but one day I was very lucky to eye a Turkey Vulture perched low in a tree in our south field and I went out to explore.
Family ~ New World Vultures – Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura
Family ~ Hawks ~ Accipitridae
Sharp-shinned Hawk – Accipiter striatus
Cooper’s Hawk – Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk – Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis
Family ~ Falconidae
American Kestrel – Falco sparverius
