i frequently make these stupid niche transgender honey buzzard memes so i figured id share
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
(species: changeable hawk-eagle)
accipitriformes 🤝 falconiformes 🤝 strigiformes
biting and killing and violence and rending your flesh with my beak and talons
went for a quick walk before dark yesterday and ended up seeing four hawks. made my day for sure. excuse the poor photos, conditions were less than optimal
hawks are, respectively, red tailed hawk, red shouldered hawk x2 and a coopers hawk
a Cooper’s Hawk being hassled by a kingbird
oriental honey buzzards look like the autism creature
photo from @hopeland on inaturalist
[ID: A photograph of an oriental honey buzzard sitting on branch in the sun, with its head turned to the right. It has light brown-grey feathers, pale yellow feet, and a smooth, lighter grey head with a short, dark beak and a single visible large, round black eye. The trees behind it have small dark green compound leaves like ferns. End ID]
