Raptor is defined as follows:

A bird that hunts and eats meat; also known as bird of prey. Raptors use
their talons to catch their food and their strong, curved beaks for tearing
food into bite-sized pieces. Falcons, hawks, eagles, and owls are raptors.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Ken Kochanski (KK)" wrote in message
ups.com...
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