Accipitriformes Gallery

Bahai temple and gardens, Haifa, Israel

BahA?'A? World Centre in Haifa, the spiritual and administrative centre of the BahA?'A? Faith. The Terraces of the BahA?'A? Faith, or Hanging Gardens of Haifa. In the foreground, the Baha'i Eagle. In the center, the golden-domed Shrine of the BA?b (Ali Muhammad Shirazi), the Prophet of the BahA?'i Faith. The terraces represent the first 18 disciples of the BA?b with 9 concentric circles from each side providing the main geometry of the 18 terraces conceived as generated from the Shrine of the BA?b. The 18 terraces plus the one terrace of the Shrine make 19 terraces, a significant number within both the BahA?'A? and BA?bA? religions. A Unesco World Heritage site. Architect: Fariborz Sahba from Iran

© rhkamen

HARRIS HAWK - on nest in saguaro cactus, with chicks

CAN-595
HARRIS HAWK - on nest in saguaro cactus, with chicks
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
Parabuteo unicinctus
John Cancalosi
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© John Cancalosi/ardea.com

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Clearcut logging on Inside Passage to Alaska, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Ketchikan is an Alaskan city facing the Inside Passage, a popular cruise route along the state's south-eastern coast. It's known for its many Native American totem poles, on display throughout town. Nearby Misty Fiords National Monument is a glacier-carved wilderness featuring snow-capped mountains, waterfalls and salmon spawning streams. It's also home to rich wildlife including black bears, wolves and bald eagles

© Michael Qualls / Danita Delimont