Birds of Prey
The eagle prints are larger than the others. Please see the individual items for the sizes.
"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." - Carl Sandburg
"The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the hawk hunting him." - Proverb quotes.
"The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white." - William Blake
"The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride." - Proverb
+ Facts about birds of prey.
- Also known as raptors.
- A bird of prey is a carnivore (meat eater) that kills and eats mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, rodents, and other birds.
- Birds of prey fit into two basic groupings as hunters, they are either diurnal or nocturnal hunters.
- Daytime hunters are called Falconiformes.
- Nighttime hunters are called Strigiformes.
- Female birds of prey tend to be larger than males.
