[Length 21 in. Wingspan 47.5 in.]

This Common Buzzard was photographed at the Red Kite Feeding Station at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Wales. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 21 in. Wingspan 47.5 in.]

This Common Buzzard was photographed at the Red Kite Feeding Station at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Wales. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 21 in. Wingspan 47.5 in.]

This Common Buzzard was photographed at the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Wales. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 21 in. Wingspan 47.5 in.]

This Common Buzzard was photographed at the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Wales. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 51.25 in.]

The Grey-faced Buzzard is a medium-sized hawk which breeds in southeastern Russia, North Korea, and most of Japan. It migrates south in large flocks to spend the winter in southeastern Asia and the southern islands of Japan. This Grey-faced Buzzard was photographed in winter as it hunted from a low perch in an overgrown field on the island of Okinawa in Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: February 1996)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 49 in.]

The Crested Caracara is a resident of brushy grasslands in central and southern Texas, southeastern Arizona, and the remnant prairies of central Florida. It is much more common in the same habitat in Mexico, where it is the national symbol. Caracaras feed both on small animals they capture, and carrion. They are often seen feeding on the ground with vultures. This one was photographed atop a telephone pole in the Kissimmee prairie of central Florida. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1979)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 49 in.]

This Crested Caracara was photographed at Choke Canyon State Park, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: December 2000)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 49 in.]

This Crested Caracara was photographed at Attwater Prairie-Chicken NWR, Eagle Lake, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 14, 2009)