Red Tailed Hawk

[mikeschmeee]

These three were taken with my 18-200mm VR. I was able to walk right up to it. The bird did not care one single bit! I was about 10 feet away I think?

This was taken with my 300mm f4 as I was trying to get some experience with panning and capturing in flight photos. It's a bit hard for me to use but I'll get use to it I hope?

 

[Art Photographers]

I agree its a Red Tail but she is so beautifully marked its hard to say. Either she has a winter plumage or maybe a Hybrid. Either way, Great shots! One Red Tail gave me the pleasure of a close up like that last year. Its always exciting!

 

[EricD]

Nice shots! Looks like a full grown adult to me....but I am no expert~

 

[cnutco]

Nice!

Back in my golf course days, there was a rather large hawk hanging out on one of the holes. As I passed that hole I noticed a collection of golfballs. Golfers would not retrieve the balls that were hit in the area where the bird was hangin out in. It was pretty funny.

Wish I had my camera back then...

Thanks for sharing.

 

[simo110]

Wow, lucky you
Nice shots

 

[Frequency]

Excellent clicks indeed

Regards

 

[JWellman]

How Awesome!! You lucky duck!!! I've got one that frequents my backyard (stalking the birds at the feeder). There's no way I could ever get as close as you did. As soon as I open the back door he flies off.

He perches on the same tree every time he visits. You can see his photo by clicking here. The closest I get is out my window which is 100 feet or better. :meh:

 

[MSnowy]

very nice!

 

[mikeschmeee]

Thank you for all the comments everyone! I greatly appreciate it! I'm very stealth when it comes to bird watching.

I visit this park every weekend called "Dea's Island" There are two Hawks and I know exactly where they are all the time. Their calls are so loud you can hear it throughout the whole park. There are also a few nests but they look fairly large for a hawk. I'm thinking its an old Bald Eagles nest as there are a few around the area (less then 10) The nest its not active at the moment but the Hawks are there all the time.

Filmed one of them a while back.

 

[fullyflaredd]

Nice shots!

 

[JWellman]

I visit this park every weekend called "Dea's Island" There are two Hawks and I know exactly where they are all the time.

I've got a couple that I follow too. I absolutely love hawks. My brother says they can see a mouse on the ground from a mile away. Not sure if that's true but I watched one swoop down in my field. He was a great distance from a mouse in my field but he found him. I've got photos of him pulling the mouse to shreds. Too bad I didn't have my new lens when I took the shots.

I saw on your photostream that you also follow the eagles. There are several in my area now but I have yet to see one. I have spent the summer looking locally and also out west...but no luck. I've become obsessed with finding them. I also would like to find a few owls. My next purchase is a hunting blind. I'm pretty good at stalking on foot but I'm ready to go even more covert. :lmao: