On the following pages, you will find pictures and general descriptions of the raptors we commonly see at the tower. Some of the information provided in this section was taken from The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds by John K. Terres; A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors by Brian K. Wheeler and William S. Clark; and the Stokes Field Guide to Birds by Donald and Lillian Stokes.
The calls on this site are from the Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs (Eastern) and are copyrighted by Lang Elliott/NatureSound Studio. The calls have been shortened to facilitate faster loading. The original recordings are more involved, and the three cd set from which they were taken (which contains over 300 bird songs) is an excellent resource for any birder.
It would have been impossible to provide this resource without the generosity of the following photographers. Please show your appreciation by visiting their websites. The photos on this site are not to be reproduced in any way without their permission.
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The link to the raptor identification section is at the end of the photographers' list. |
Our contributing photographers in alphabetical order are as follows:
Clarence J. Abadie
Karen Anderson @ Woodland Park Zoo
James Armstrong @ jamesarmstrong.com and his Raptor Images
Don Baccus @ Nature Images by Don Baccus
John Brannon @ jbrannen@micron.net
Keith Channing @ The Hawk Conservancy
David Coffield @
Ray Congdon @ RCongdon@WrightRunstad.com
Jerry and Sandy Converse @ Converse Corner
R. Davis @ rodney@hangingrocktower.org
J. Ray Davis @ jray@hangingrocktower.org
Don DesJardin @ Don DesJardin's Birds
Wanda Earll of Central City, Iowa
John M. Economidy @ Texas Hawk Watch
Victor Fazio III @ Birds of Ohio
Robert Ganz @ kijebe@hotmail.com
C. C. Haley
Douglas Herr @ Wildlightphoto.com
Eddie Horvath @ Castle County Wildlife Center
Jimmy Jackson @ Texas Hawk Watch
Peter LaTourrette @ BirdPhotography.com
A. R. Lindsay @ Animal Diversity Web
Josh Lipton @ Art Photo Source
John Loftus @ jloftus2@ix.netcom.com
Erin Lutz
Jon Mahan
Kay Micle
Gaylord Mink @ Images of Pacific Northwest Wildlife
Arthur Morris @ Birds as Art
Mr. Morris's photos can also be found on Virtual Birder
C. G. Moss
P. Myers @ Animal Diversity Web
Agnes Overbaugh @ Woodland Park Zoo
Wendy Perrone @ Three Rivers Avian Center
Matt Ragen @ http://www.theragens.com/photos/
Jim Rosso @ Jim's Bird Page
Hope Rutledge @ Bald Eagle Information
Barbara Samuelson @ What Barbara's Camera Sees and Alaskan Eagles
Bill Schmoker @ http://student.bvsd.k12.co.us/~bschmokr
Ruth Sullivan @ godwit@worldnet.att.net
Mark Valery
Julie Van Bysteren
Keith Wedoe @ Riverbend 2000
Harold Wilion @ Harold Wilion Photography
Freida Woldren @ http://homepage.mac.com/freidaw/PhotoAlbum38.html