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    What’s your favourite bird of prey?

    @Elkhornsun - that's an opinion shared by no less an American than Benjamin Franklin, who must have seen similar interactions between bald eagles and ospreys: If I remember rightly Franklin thought the wild turkey was a more fitting national bird! @wil - the thing with those statistics is -...
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    What’s your favourite bird of prey?

    Both those species may need some searching and finding to see, but that makes seeing them more rewarding. If you're living in the countryside, goshawks won't be easy to see unless you can find a nest (which may take a lot of walking). Your best chance might be to find a good viewpoint in the...
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    What’s your favourite bird of prey?

    I was thinking as I read your post that there are pretty amazing raptors you can see without going to the Carpathians (or South America, Africa, the Philippines etc). :giggle: Here in London I spend a lot of time in summer watching Eurasian hobbies (kobuz - Latin name Falco subbuteo) which can...
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    What’s your favourite bird of prey?

    They're lucky they didn't get taken by a fox! (and a very nice photo, by the way...) Many years ago I saw a trained caracara at the Andover Hawk Conservancy and was amazed by how smart it seemed to be. That was a trained bird, of course, so not reflective of natural behaviour, but it seemed...
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    What’s your favourite bird of prey?

    By hours spent watching them, then by far the peregrine (a bird that shouldn't be too difficult to see in Wales, incidentally). Hobby is a very close second in terms of enjoyment. But they're all fascinating in their own way, really. I think all the accipiters are amazing, but not easy to...
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