Yes, I would imagine that birds of prey are definitely right up there on that list! We do not have the same ones here but - but where I live is actually on the shoreline of the Bot River Estuary and we have a lot of critical wildlife. The emblem of the area itself is actually the incredible fish eagle.
I have only had the pleasure of seeing them a handful of times since living here, but what I do see a lot more of is the African Harrier Hawk - which are magnificent to watch hunting...
and then we also have a lot of rock kestrals
I feel we are truly blessed to be surrounded by such magnificent creatures on a daily basis - I just wish that humans cared more in general about preserving their existence.
There was a family of owls who were recently found all dead - it was a bit of a mystery really, but we can only assume that perhaps when hunting they picked up a rat or mouse that had been poisoned by humans... it seemed the only real explanation for an entire family of owls to die together.
Very sad!
They are indeed magnificent, especially when gliding with open wings. Nowadays it is good that finally we understand how important such birds and animals around, there are many organisation that protecting wild life and can change something. The same time it is good that there are more people who care about nature around us. Hopefully we will be able to preserve many species that are under extinction threat.
Wonderful photos and thank you for your nice comment :)