Birds of South Carolina
        (a partial listing with images)

Prey Birds  

Owls Barred Owl , Strix varia Barred Owl Page Great Horned Owl , Bubo virginianus adult, head closeup adult adult nestlings probable juvenile probable juvenile Hawks Sharp-shinned Hawk , Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk Page Cooper's Hawk , Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk Page Red-shouldered Hawk , Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk Page Red-tailed Hawk , Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk Page Northern Harrier Hawk , Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Hawk Page Broad-winged Hawk , Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Broad-winged Hawks Kites Mississippi Kite , Ictinia mississippiensis adult, flying Swallow-tailed Kite , Elanoides forficatus adult, flying Falcons American Kestrel , Falco sparverius American Kestrel Page Eagles Bald Eagle , Haliaeetus leucocephalus adult eating dead fish Osprey , Pandion haliaetus adult at nest adult flying Vultures Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus soaring adult nestlings adults adult eating deer silhouette adults roosting with Turkey Vultures Black and Turkey Vultures Eating Deer Carcass Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura soaring adult, basking adult adults roosting with Black Vultures Black and Turkey Vultures Eating Deer Carcass soaring

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