hawk

Late evening pose.

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White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius) Only subspecies hypospodius is mapped for South Texas. Photographed on the southern end of Mustang Island, San Patricio County, Texas, USA. Corpus Christi Bay is on its western shore and the Gulf of Mexico is on its eastern shore. Open...

Back from a flight with his (her?) mate.

He had just finished eating a mouse.

Taken on Highway 82 in far north Texas just west of Denison. A striking bird to say the least!

Harris's Hawk taking off. Shot from car window.

Harris's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis) Seventeen subspecies have been described with 13-14 being recognized dependent upon author. Only the nominate is mapped for Puerto Rico. Photographed from top of the Yokahu Tower in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, USA at 480 m (1,575 ft)...

White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius) Four subspecies have been described while three are recognized. Only subspecies hypospodius is mapped for South Texas. No dark morph exists for this subspecies, however juveniles can be have a lot of dark feathers. Photographed east of...

White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius) Four subspecies have been described while three are recognized. Only subspecies hypospodius is mapped for South Texas. No dark morph exists for this subspecies. Photographed along Old Port Isabel Road northeast of Brownsville, Cameron County...

Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Photographed this juvenile Coopers Hawk in a Post Oak (Quercus stellata) at my house in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Urban, at ca. 94 m (310 ft) elevation. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area.

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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus texanus) Five subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Texas. Subspecies texanus is found in South Texas and along the coast from the Coastal Bend southward and ranges south to Central Mxico. Photographed just west of Flour Bluff near Oso Bay...

Swainsons Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) Like most of our Buteo species they have light color morphs and dark color morphs and everything in between. Photographed in Lower Rio Grande Valley, Willacy County near Raymondville, Texas, U.S.A. Tamaulipan shrub community with a lot of agriculture situated...

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi) This is one of those individuals that is considered intermediate in color morphology. Photographed in Lower Rio Grande Valley, Willacy County near Raymondville, Texas, U.S.A. Tamaulipan shrub community with a lot of agriculture situated in the...

Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) Photographed east of Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Riparian of the Santa Cruz River dominated by Cottonwood at ca. 1,061 m (3,480 ft) elevation. Sonoran Desert in the Oak Woodland and Pine Forest biological community. Sexes similar.

Portrait of Harris's Hawk

Juvenile Broad Wing Hawk moments before release. Bird had been abandoned in nest this spring and rescued.

I'm still new to birding, and spent the morning stumbling through a bug-infested, overgrown marsh 30 miles from home. I got a couple of good shots, but it hardly seemed worth the effort. After dinner, I stopped by an elementary school about a mile away, and did much better, including this very...