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OSPREY

it is the only bird in the family Pandionidae

Large Eagle likeWhite breast and bellyBlack back

Dark bill and white face

Long wings

Quick Identification tips:

·      Also know as the Fish Hawk, it eats mostly live fish

·      Very large raptor







TURKEY VULTURE
Carrion is their preferred diet and vultures (often also called condors or buzzards)
They are in the family Cathartidae

Dark brown to black feathers

Naked Red Head

Wings look two colors in flight, dark under wing that changes to a silvery gray edge.  

Wing tips end in finger like feathers

Quick Identification tips:

·      Hold wings in V shape

·      Often seen soaring in air currents 

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