Tag: Bird of Prey

Bald Eagle (bird a day)

Bald Eagle – Alaska Originally uploaded by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton A bird of prey. The National Bird of the United States of America. I chose the bald eagle for today’s bird of the day because it is the 2008 election day. We MUST move forward from the past eight years and today will be [...]

Black Vulture (bird a day)

Eurasian Black Vulture – Aegypius monachus Originally uploaded by HGHjim The black vulture is near threatened. Sheesh. Doesn’t it seem like too many birds are near threatened or threatened? It is sad. =( It is also known as the Aegypius monachus, the Eurasian Black Vulture, the Monk Vulture and the Cinereous Vulture. They are known [...]

Secretary Bird (bird a day)

Ok, so today’s bird was picked for me. It is the “Secretary Bird” also known as Sagittarius serpentarius. It is from Africa. Someone found this very interesting bird on flickr and we didn’t know what kind of bird it was, so we started an internet hunt. He thought it was a member of the raptor [...]

Snail Kite (a bird a day)

A bird of prey, similar to the families of hawks, eagles and vultures this bird falls into the “raptors” category. But according to Wikipedia this classification is being investigated. These birds like the warm tropical climates (notice a pattern?). They like to snack on apple snails. Anyone know what an apple snail is? Just kidding, [...]