Bird Of Prey Yellow Legs

Sparrowhawks have bright yellow or orangey eyes long yellow legs and long talons.

Bird of prey yellow legs. The sparrowhawk is a little smaller and distinguishable by their yellow legs and orange eyes as well as by the fact they have a greyer looking back and an almost striped white and brown chest. In flight the legs are tucked well away and are pretty inconspicuous and by the time theyre swinging the talons forward to grab the prey its a bit late for the latter to be worrying about the colour of its legs. Females and young birds have brown back and wings and brown bars underneath.

This is a medium-sized totally white egret with a long slender black bill and yellow lores. These birds mostly hunt for live prey on the wing while flying. The undertail coverts are white the legs are yellow and the eyes are red.

These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey strong legs powerful talons and keen eyesight. Nests are large and conspicuous made of sticks. Eats mostly fish but also mammals small birds and carrion.

The legs and base of the beak are yellow. Juvenile birds look similar to adults but have paler yellow or red-orange eyes that gradually darken as they mature. Deep powerful wingbeats with glides in between.

There are many more species outside Europe. Large and lanky for a shorebird with very long legs a long neck and a thick-based slightly upturned bill. Eagles are much larger with deep arched sharply-hooked bills long strong curved claws.

They have fine gray streaking across the head and neck a white eyering and white spots on the back and wings. The head neck and back have long lacy plumes during breeding season. The beaks of the juvenile gulls are black in color and turn yellow as they mature.