Accipitriformes Gallery

Black-breasted Buzzard and Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) - Feeding on an Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)

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Black-breasted Buzzard and Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) - Feeding on an Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Near Mt Barnett, Gibb River Road, Kimberley, Western Australia
Hamirostra melanosternon
Black-breasted Buzzards are uncommon Australian endemics inhabiting the interior and northern regions. Whistling Kites are common throughout Australia.
Don Hadden
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© Don Hadden/ardea.com

Guru Gobind Singh with Chitta Baz

Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) (born Gobind Rai) - the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, Guru Gobind Singh was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs at age nine, becoming the tenth Sikh Guru. Chitta Baz, (White Falcon), is traditionally the name given to one of Guru Gobind Singh`s favourite falcons that he would carry perched on his hand when going out for on a Shikar (hunt) or for some falconry. This image of the Guru the white falcon resting upon his right hand has survived in folklore and in portraiture, and he is known to this day as chittian bajanvala, Master of the White Hawk.
late 17th century

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

View of harbour, Polperro, Cornwall. Probably 1860s-1870s

View over roofs towards Chapel Rock, also known as Peak Rock, from Osprey Cottage on the eastern cliff. Boats are moored in the harbour and the Calvinist Meeting House appears in the bottom right of the picture. Photographic print from the manuscript The History of Polperro by Thomas Q. Couch (1878), which expanded on Jonathan Couch's work of the same name, published in 1871. Photographer: Lewis Harding

© From the collection of the RIC