Feetsies

I don't know about you, but I think bird feet are NEAT-O. Some of these pictures have been put up before, and many of them are larger pictures cropped, so quality is lost, but I thought it would be cool to see a lot of these feet side by side. I put the bird associated with each picture below the picture so that you could guess which bird it is...if you're into that kind of thing.


Saw whet


Sharp shinned


Short eared owl


Red tail


Rough legged


American pipit


Peregrine (I really wish I got a better picture of the feet because the talons of one of the peregrines we caught were very dull, which you don't see with most hawks, as a result of perching on rocks)


Harris's


Gyrfalcon


Goshawk


Flicker


Cooper's


Broad wing (These guys, along with harriers, have a seemingly disproportionate feet to body size ratio)


Blue jay


Black backed woodpecker (Only three toes on each foot!)


Barred owl

Unfortunately I did not get good pictures of falcon feet, which obviously are not going to look THAT different, but are certain thicker and stronger than other hawks their size.