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Published: 2018-02-12 08:03:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 9872; Favourites: 343; Downloads: 90
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Be slightly more in-the-know about identifying whatever predatory bird is flying overhead!
This is just a guide for general body shapes that can help you go “that’s a falcon” vs “that’s an accipiter hawk”. Recognizing individual species gets considerably more complicated, especially as immature raptors can look very different from their adult forms.
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we hardly knew ye
I figured I'd stick to the diurnal stuff for this one. If you've got a big raptor flying at night...probs an owl. Rough ID accomplished.
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True lol. Event in daylight their silhouette is unmistakable.
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Once again, a beautiful reference for bird-based characters.
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Glad to help!
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Would it be okay if I used this as a reference for a project of mine? This helps me a lot with the wing shapes^^
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Of course! It's here as a resource. c:
If you directly post this elsewhere (like, the image itself) then please link back to the original as credit, but to simply use it as a reference is no problem.
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Don't think I will repost it so all good haha
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Thank you this is great reference for explanations to family and friends.
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Happy to spread the knowledge! c:
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It’s ironic the two fastest and most agile groups (falcons and accipiters) have very different bauplans and very different habitats, despite both being lightning-fast bird hunters for the most part.
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Yeah! I find it kind of encouraging, though - shows that there's always more than one way to get things done.
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