Raptor Species

Identify Raptors in Flight

Sixteen raptor species nest in the NCA, and eight additional species either winter or use the area during migration.
Nesting Raptors American Kestrel Ferruginous Hawk Golden Eagle Northern Harrier Osprey Prairie Falcon Red-tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture Barn Owl Burrowing Owl Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Short-eared Owl Western Screech Owl  Swainson's Hawk	Migrating Raptors Bald Eagle Gyrfalcon Merlin Northern Goshawk Peregrine Falcon  Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawks	Immature (top) and adult Bald Eagles