Saturday, November 15, 2014

Red-Tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Last Wednesday I was lucky to see this handsome red-tailed hawk sitting in a tree right above my head!  Isn't he handsome?  I took several photos before he'd had enough of me and flew away,

If you want to feel really old today, I have a bonus for YouTube video for you to watch about how today's kids react to "old" film cameras:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtWxURLlPk

Take a deep breath and be prepared to smile or laugh!

I am linking to Saturday Critters HERE.

37 comments:

The Cranky said...

Gorgeous photo! (I do love red tail hawks!)
Giggled at the video, I still have a camera just like that.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

HI EG Great capture of the Hawk. I watched the video and I laughed at it. It is amazing how things have moved on and the young have on idea how pictures where taken in our day.

rainfield61 said...

An handsome Red-tailed Hawk, handsome than me.

Revrunner said...

Wide awake and ready for action.

MadSnapper said...

he is a handsome hawk

Mersad said...

A truly majestic creature. Love your shot of him.

Mersad
Mersad Donko Photography

William Kendall said...

Quite a distinguished looking fellow!

Mary Hone said...

Isn't he handsome. On my walk yesterday I saw a golden eagle. No camera though.

TexWisGirl said...

such a beauty.

21 Wits said...

It's like he's saying, I've got my eye on you! I'm going to check out that video now! Thanks, I just know it's got to be a good show!

Linda W. said...

Wow! Fantastic close-up shot!

Lowell said...

Lucky you! What a great shot! I can never get photos of these guys. What's your secret?

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

Wonderful photo. Love the light and shadows on those feathers!
I laughed at the reactions for the old cameras.

Birdman said...

Wonderful. Love seeing and reading about raptors.

Judy said...

That is a great close up!
The video was pretty funny. So many things that we used are now obsolete. It does make me feel old when I think about it.

Sylvia K said...

What a gorgeous bird and, as always, your capture takes my breath away!! What a face and eyes he has!! Awesome! Now I'm off to watch the YouTube!! Thanks in advance for the giggles!! Have a great weekend!

jp@A Green Ridge said...

You did a great job photographing him!!!...:)JP

Grandma C said...

Beautiful bird and a great shot!

Pawanna said...


Beautiful bird and beautiful photo! Regards.

RedPat said...

I love his eye, EG!

Jack said...

That is an intelligent looking hawk, thinking big thoughts.

Loved the video. And that camera wasn't very old!

Nicki said...

Amazing close-up.

Ruth Hiebert said...

Amazing close-up of the hawk.

GreenComotion said...

Hi Tina,
This is such a great photo of the RTH.
We have a couple that visit our backwoods every day.
I love your photo. Thank you for sharing your joy with all of us.

Peace :)

Ginny Hartzler said...

This is a gorgeous closeup!! I love everything about it, even the shadows of the branches.

Stephanie said...

The video was funny! I shared it on Facebook for the camera club members to view it. Gorgeous image of the Red-tailed Hawk.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I remember seeing a pic of your red tailed hawk when you put in on facebook EG, incredible images. It's so exciting when things fall into place like that.
p.s. the video really did make me laugh,the kids trying to load up the film was hilarious :)

Jenn Jilks said...

What a blessing to get this shot, Tina! Well done!

Lois said...

What a beautiful close up of that gorgeous bird!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful shot.

FAB said...

A very nice portrait of this handsome hawk.

cieldequimper said...

Gorgeous! You are so lucky to see them and to be so good at photographing them!

Leora said...

Oh, yeah, would love to get a shot of a hawk like that. Looks like one I might see stuffed in a museum instead of live on a tree.

Lisa Gordon said...

He sure is handsome, and what a wonderful portrait this is!

DeniseinVA said...

Fabulous shot of this handsome bird. I saw a lot of hawks while traveling today, all sitting on telephone wires along the road.

Judy said...

Love the way you caught his eye!

Unknown said...

what a handsome fellow indeed :)

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