hawk

Again one of the raptors seen this day. I hesitate to ID unfamiliar hawks but this ones seems to match my guide photos.

I believe this is a Redtail hawk. Feel free to correct my ID.There were other hawks as well this day.

Got this one at my neighbor's fence.

These were sharing a perch in the same tree on the rivers edge.I believe it's a Red Tailed hawk but it was lacking the signature red tail but I know that this hawk has widely varying plumage.

A visit to Marwell Zoo, We always keep our eyes open for the native wildlife here, This Sparrow Hawk passed us close by took a House Sparrow from the arm rail fence flew over the tiger fence and then hung around for a short while and left as quickly as it arrived.

I was shooting Hummingbirds, as usual and this appeared on the Bluebird House. Sure glad the Bluebirds decided not to try for the 3rd brood this year.

This young Cooper's hawk found a breezy day a little challenging when shifting positions on it's perch.

This hawk was hunting insects when I came up to an open field he flew up to this Guarumo tree, you can see the praying mantis that he got in his beak.

Another one of this great raptor.

We were curious as to the type of "Hawk"? that stays in our tree.

This bird has been in our tree each morning and I was wondering if anyone knew specifically what it was? I thought a hawk of some kind.

This hawk was being mobbed by about 12-18 crows very agressively. I could just make out that the hawk had a smaller bird in it's talons so I think that was the root cause of this mob.

This little guy lives near the cemetery in Sebastopol CA where the historical society that I am a member of (and serve on the Board of Directors) holds its annual "Cemetery Walk" fundraiser on 2 nights (8 performances) each October. The Walk consists of a "soup 'n salad...

The local white-tailed and "Maury", the local red-tailed hawk have never gotten along well. This time of year (when I'm pretty sure both have young'uns in their nests) their relationship is particularly strained. I snapped this shot in-between the kite's dive-bombs. While Maury is...

Found this hawk waiting out a rain shower on a post next to a farmers field.

Maury ("my" red-tailed hawk) recently brought me a PRESENT! Not Chanel No. 5, mind you, but I'm sure that (in hawk society) a beheaded snake is a supreme compliment! I saw him fly off out of sight around the crest of a nearby hill and, within a few minutes, he came flying up and landed...

You can almost HEAR that signature red-tail call (EEEEAHRRRRR!) coming out of his beak! That's why this is my second-most favorite photo of Maury that I've taken over the past 3-4 years!

This is my friend, "Maury". He and his mate ("Gladys" - also don't ask cuz I dunno! lol!) are the local mated pair that I see every day here in the wild hinterlands of Northern California. I've been observing Maury since he was a mere fledgling, calling and calling for his...

Captured this Coopers just after it landed on the trail and then flew into the trees. It has a rodent of some kind clutched in his talons along with the grass. I had to adjust the colour as I had not changed my camera from landscape mode.DOH!