bird of prey
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Charlotte Caetano, from Bournemouth, has also been photographing the eagles, which are the UK's largest bird of prey, with a wingspan of up to 2.5m.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Britain's second largest bird of prey was wiped out in England during the 19th Century after a concerted campaign of hunting.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
How do you share a film set with a notoriously fierce bird of prey?
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Towering a foot over his skull was an elaborate headdress in the shape of a bird of prey, complete with swirling plumage.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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