Hmmmm ... I don't know ... I think I'm pushing my luck calling both
eagles and hawks 'raptors' ... I think the bird guys would call me on
this one ... nice picture though ... what were you flying? Have any
pictures of sailplanes/contests/etc?

For Example John Smith wrote:
How about a buzzard? Here's a picture I took:
http://www.scoh.org/images/buzzard.jpg