As it’s World Animal Day, I’ll give the honor of posting animals to regular Stephen Barnard, who has perhaps sent us the most photos of beasts. Today we have a passel of red-tailed hawks:
These Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) were glowering at each other. One flew up to a tree, and as I was photographing him I saw him flinch, so I pressed the shutter button and held it down. Happy accident.
Stephen just sent this photo and a comment:
This is the hawk that was attacked, photographed the next day. He looks worried.
Great!
Very cool shots Stephen! What a place you live in! 🙂
Really exciting photography! What a great catch!
Very nice photos. They are just like us, always looking for that next meal.
The next day I took a good photograph of the hawk that was attacked, which I believe is a juvenile. It was perched on an irrigation wheel line and looking up with a concerned expression. 🙂 I’ll send the photo to Jerry and maybe he’ll post it in the comments.
Was just going to comment on what a great portrait that was! 🙂 And yes, a juvenile (or more properly, an immature)–the tail is a good indication.
Excellent! It must be so great to just walk off of your porch and see so many cool things.
What a fantastic happenstance. So cool to see this.
First rate as usual from Stephen.