Selected Birds of the Mid-Atlantic Region

Owls   –   Vultures & Raptors   –   Herons & Egrets

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Owls

Barred Owl : BDOW : Strix varia

 

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Eastern Screech-Owl : EASO : Megascops asio


(red morph)

(red morph)

(red morph)

(grey morph)

(red morph)

(red morph)
 

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Barn Owl : BNOW : Tyto alba


(adult in a silo)

(adult in a silo)

(newly laid eggs, 27 April)

(23 days later, 2 eggs hatched)

(9 days later, additional chick hatched)

(oldest chick now 18 days old)

(oldest chick 18 days old)

(youngest chick now 47 days old)

Vultures & Raptors

Black Vulture : BLVU : Coragyps atratus

   

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Turkey Vulture : TUVU : Cathartes aura

 

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Red-tailed Hawk : RTHA : Buteo jamaicensis


(note the dark spotted "belly band")
   

Herons & Egrets

Great Egret : GREG : Ardea alba

     

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Green Heron : GRHE : Butorides virescens


(1st year or juvenile)

(adult - breeding)

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Black-crowned Night-Heron : BCNH : Nycticorax nycticorax


(immature)
   

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron : YCNH : Nyctanassa violacea

 

All photographs and images are copyright © Janis Stone

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