Here’s another of our backyard visitors. Not from this week, of course, but from back in July. Hawks can be difficult to distinguish one species from another, but the banding on the tail and spotted chest gives this one away as a juvenile red-tailed hawk. I also like that fancy pant on the left leg. It seemed quite intrigued by whatever it was staring at through the back windows of our house. Perhaps our cat, who likes to sit back there. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/400th of a second.
I believe she’s making a pass at you by showing her pantaloon! Red tails are the easiest to identify. It’s the sharped shinned and Cooper’s hawks that are more difficult. BTW, nice bokeh background!
——- Haughty and alert
——- Framed by sturdy limbs
——- The stance tells us about
——- The bird
——- Who comfortably defines the space
——- Yet can’t resist the urge to display
——- An insouciant thigh.
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Perhaps he was eyeing yesterday’s spider monkey?
Wrong continent. But they do have very good eyesight.
I believe she’s making a pass at you by showing her pantaloon! Red tails are the easiest to identify. It’s the sharped shinned and Cooper’s hawks that are more difficult. BTW, nice bokeh background!
Yes, rather sexy in an avian sort of way. Hawks and eagles do get tough for me, especially the juveniles.
——- Haughty and alert
——- Framed by sturdy limbs
——- The stance tells us about
——- The bird
——- Who comfortably defines the space
——- Yet can’t resist the urge to display
——- An insouciant thigh.