hawks everywhere!

[NateinFL]

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Dang! Wonder what benefits they get by migrating in a flock...prey has got to be hard to catch with that many predators in the sky, I'm sure every small bird in the area either headed out or found a good hiding spot. I'm gonna have to read up on that one!

 

[phasianidae]

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if I was a chicken I would

 

[dinahmoe]

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of these 2 pictures,the second looks to be a vulture.that first pic,top right,i would say hawk.

 

[BrattishTaz]

I have these...

What I know about them:

1) Definately not turkey vultures.

2) Heads do not look like black vultures although we do have those here.

3) They fly in large groups in the evening. (I stopped counting at 16)

4) Break into smaller groups during the day. (2-4)

5) Work together.

6) Kill chickens and chase the neighborhood Cooper's hawk. (These are what I caught cornering a small dog in my yard.)

7) Fly very high and very low when hunting. They will fly just above us while we are outside.

Any ideas what they are?

 

[centrarchid]

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Mostly turkey vultures and possibly one black vulture. Location photographed by OP likely provides consistent thermal used for birds to gain altitude. Both vulture species are moving north now.

 

[eds500]

This is our neighborhood friend. Likes the top of our backyard swingset.