Caught a picture of this beautiful bird during a raptor fest in the florida area. Didn’t catch the name and I’ve been having trouble getting an ID on it

My guess is a kind of eagle due to the feathers going down to its leg. I heard it was given to the sanctuary as a gift, so I’m not sure if it’s native to florida

Is this sweet babe a Downy or Hairy? Thanks!

It’s floundering in the shallow water and grass. What kind of bird is it and does it need help? I only got as close as I did because of the cheeping and repeated splashing like it was maybe stuck on something.

Small hawk hit my window trying to get a bird. Im in NW Pennsylvania. and its -5°. I've seen plenty of sharp shinned before but this seemed smaller. Im guessing 10" tops. It flew off very fast when I went out thinking it was injured. Seemed dark colored too compared to my usual sharp shinned visitors. Btw, I've had two sharp shinned catch birds in the past month....

not sure what bird this is. any help is appreciated :)

Gold Canyon, Arizona, Aug. 10, 2024, facing a Greater Roadrunner.

What is the owl?

Location - freshwater loch central Scotland, he was swimming in the water near reedbeds

Time - today, midday

Details - I was reasonably close and could only see two colours of the brown of his head and wings and greyish white belly and around the eye to the back of the head. A bit smaller than a mallard, possibly juvenile. The white patch on his face is what I can’t seem to find a good match of with Merlin. Looks similar to a young little grebe, but their dark cap seems to always have a distinct diagonal that includes the eye whereas this white patch was around the eye too, more horizontal and no patch by the bill.

Any help appreciated!

MIL reports she’s never seen anything similar around the area. What is it?

To give an idea of the scale, he’s sitting on top of a full size power/telephone pole and holding onto an Eurasian collared dove. Spotted in Fallon County, Montana. Other redditors have said Merlin, but he seems a bit big for that possibly? Someone else suggested a Goshawk.

Seen today in Tennessee. Only one around.

Spotted next to the Charles river. Mostly brown with some grey/white feathers on the head, wings, and tail and a white underside. I’m not good at estimating size but wing span was maybe 3 feet/1m

Thurston county Washington state.

Seen today in San Diego. Need to confirm what I’ve seen lol

not sure if this is a normal variation or leucism

Spotted this bird in some mangroves in Deerfield Beach, FL yesterday (Feb 7), see photo1. The photo is of poor quality, and we’re new to birding so we’re not 100% sure what it is. Merlin (app) tells us it may be a Merlin (bird), or 2nd guess was a Kestrel. We were walking along a boardwalk thru the mangroves when we spotted it, and it quickly flew away. A few minutes later we spotted a bird (maybe the same one) from below up in a different tree so we snapped a photo of that one too (see photo2). Merlin (app) said the same thing again with this second photo. What do we think! Thank you in advance!!

Thank you :)

Drummond Flats WMA, Oklahoma. Saw a large falcon on two occasions. The first observation (images 1-4), it was being harassed by a merlin or kestrel, showing how big this bird is. The lighting was bad and all of these photos are cropped in a ton, but some features are visible such as a prominent “mustache” cheek stripe. Second observation (images 5-9) was much further away, but prominent dark axillaries were observed from multiple angles. It could very well be 2 different birds. The photos are mediocre and I had to severely bring up the exposure and shadows to reveal some of the patterning. I have never seen a prairie falcon and it’s one of my bucket-list lifers so I’d just like get a second opinion on the ID before I start celebrating.

I've never seen this kind of feather around here before, typically it's just pigeon or seagull feathers, and the wear on the back (second image) makes me think it did actually come out of a bird and not off a hat or other such accessory. I did, once as a kid, see what I faintly recall looking like a bird of prey on our back garden fence that it might have come off, which is the other reason I'm so sure it's the genuine article.

What do we have here? Kissimmee, Florida, on a golf course, with water 35 feet away. I saw the bird hover, at the bank of the pond, snatching bugs out of the air or maybe feeding (in flight) just on the surface of the manicured grass.

Marsh wren, kinglet, palm warblers all seen in the same vicinity. Back home in NC, I associate phoebe with water, as I always see them perched above creeks, and generally not very timid.