Killdeer ,chipper ,and Red Tail.

[hopdaddy]

 

[SCraig]

Nice shots, but I think the last one is an American Kestrel and not a Red-Tailed Hawk. I've never seen one in the wild but I have seen them in captivity.

Edit .. I take that back. I looked at my shots of a Kestrel and it doesn't look like that. You could be right, sorry about that.

 

[hopdaddy]

Scott ,Actually I believe It's a Red shouldered Hawk . I do get my byrd names wrong most all the times ...

 

[SCraig]

It's hard to know sometimes. So many species look completely different in the winter than they do in the summer. I just know that it doesn't look like the Red-Tailed Hawk I saw a couple of years ago.

Great shots regardless.

 

[coastalconn]

That is a Red Shouldered for sure! What is the white line around the Hawk and branch from in #3?

 

[hopdaddy]

That is a Red Shouldered for sure! What is the white line around the Hawk and branch from in #3?

I see what you are talking about ,Left side (Of viewer) of Hawk and branch. The Sun was behind the Hawk and to that side ,Even more prevalent in the pine tree behind the bird . So I'm going to say it is from being Back-lit on that side .Photo #4 He is leaning forward just a bit ,so I guess that put him more in the shade .