jamaicensis

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, Arrowhead Marsh (Oakland, CA, USA). If we're being honest, Ruddy Duck females are not high on my beauty contest winners. But they are part of nature, and thus have their own charm, and are just as beautiful to photograph as much...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Oakland, CA, USA) at about 25m. I think I've seen a Ruddy one other time, but also at a fair distance away. We may be seeing them more often than that but mistaking them for grebes with the naked eye at these kinds of distances.

Taken at the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline at about 60m. Photo taken with the 1.6x digital teledapter active, through a chain-link fence, and cleaned-up using Topaz DeNoise and Topaz Detail. I'm quite surprised between the teledapter and the distance the photo came out as well as it did. I...

Taken at the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline at about 60m. Photo taken with the 2x digital teledapter active, through a chain-link fence, and cleaned-up using Topaz DeNoise and Topaz Detail. Thought this was an interesting photo catching the nictitating membrane.

Taken at the Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area (Lake Boris).

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 75m. This hawk was being harassed by three crows, and it was quite the aerial fight. My girlfriend and I tried desperately to keep-up and get photos, but they were really moving and at quite a distance. This was my best capture.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Sexes similar with females being larger. Photographed just north of Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, USA. Disturbed prairie converted for hay production and cattle grazing, part of the Great Plains at ca. 650 m (2,133 ft) elevation.

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Photographed in Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico, USA. Shallow open water with emergent vegetation and marshes, southwest side of the island.

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)...

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...

Same hawk I posted earlier, 100% crop for a portrait shot. I think I like this one best.

Sometimes getting up early in the morning pays off. I got several excellent shots of this bird!