Species cavalcade; Birds of prey

This is the third and last (did I hear some one shout "At last!"?? :-) species cavalcade, at least from this trip. Except birds of prey there will be some scavengers as well. I hope you have got some inspiration and maybe motivation to make a visit to this El Dorado of birds.

Black Vulture.
It is a very common bird, you can see them soaring in the wind, and the V-shaped wings are very distinct. Apparently they like cars, at least if you judge by the number of signs that warn drivers to avoid parking in the vicinity of a tree. In addition to that you are supposed to cover your tires since they like to pick in the rubber. Vulture-chewing-gum?
This particular vulture were sitting with his three mates on a rail in the back of a pick-up that was parked in the shade of a big tree, so there might just be some truth in the warning signs.


Turkey Vulture.
This one is also quite common and you often see it close to garbage cans and at resting places. The picture is taken in mid day and the warm air close to the ground makes the image kind of blurry.


Peregrine,
or at least that's my guess. It flew over me in the Everglades and it felt like an unusual place for a peregrine since I am used to see them in more mountainous environments with steep cliffs or in populated / industrial areas where there are high buildings.
 

Crested Cara cara.
I saw this one in the mirror when driving and it landed just beside the road. So I naturally had to turn  the car around at try to get some pictures of it :-) Since we were heading for home the camera was of course in it's bag in the trunk of the car. It was talking a walk along the road side probably looking after some road kill. Unfortunately it was not so willing to cooperate and it kept turning it's back towards me all the time :-).


Osprey.
They are everywhere and you can get really close, unlike the ones I see back in Sweden.

Once again I am guessing. It is really hard to judge when you meet a "new" specie for just a few moments and especially without some proper guides. I have tried to decide its name by looking at the internet and finally ended up with Coopers hawk, even thou it can be a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Anyway, this one were sitting beside the road fully concentrated at something in the ditch and it was reluctant to move so I had time to get out of the car and take some shots.


Burrowing Owl.
Cosy little owl that I didn't get so many  pictures of as I thought I would, I hope to get more some other time.


Bald Eagle.
A world wide iconic bird. Hope to see more of this eagle some time.


Next up is how I found this Eagle.