Three Basic Ways to Identify Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Other …
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WEBMost birds of prey fall into four major categories. (Northern Harrier, Osprey, and kites are a few exceptions.) These are the core attributes for each: Buteos are the large, broad-winged, short-tailed lugs with spare and labored wing beats. Accipiters are small, narrow-tailed forest dwellers with short, rapid, bursting flaps, punctuated by a glide.
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