Hawk

[gb6491]

While walking through a wash the other day, I espied a hawk (I believe it's a Red Tail) sitting on top of a dead tree.
http://i41.tinypic.com/xfuhoy.jpg
It was kind enough to let me move closer for a telephoto shot from my little Cyper-shot DSC-WX150.
http://i43.tinypic.com/29cqtj5.jpg
In the photo it kind of looks like it's checking out the jet, but I think (and for firearm content) it was admiring my CW45 in it's Mitch Rosen holster:)
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jyyx4.jpg
Regards,
Greg

[Harrylee]

Very cool!:)

[Barth]

When I was foolish and much younger I used to shoot everything that moved.
Eventually the area I hunted was void of anything that crawled or flew.
It gave me a moment to pause and consider what I was doing.
These days I relish nature and kill nothing that isn't trying to kill me.

Nice picture.

[Bill K]

Without comment...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/11709197713_2fbb781d7a_b.jpg

[Bawanna]

Sad that hawks eyes make them look so mean and hateful all the time. I'm sure they are very pleasant and content waiting for everything to die so they can eat it. Maybe I got that mixed up with Vultures. I hate vultures.

That last pic is a Ptarmigan isn't it? Note the not so mean eyes. Pretty bird.

[Bill K]

Sad that hawks eyes make them look so mean and hateful all the time. I'm sure they are very pleasant and content waiting for everything to die so they can eat it. Maybe I got that mixed up with Vultures. I hate vultures.

That last pic is a Ptarmigan isn't it? Note the not so mean eyes. Pretty bird.

Humm... Maybe the " Ptarmigan" just charms its prey to death? :)

[Bawanna]

Geez, just looked again at the pretty bird and see he's standing on a dead squirrel with a trophy size tail. That's gotta be a record holder right there.

[garyb]

Cool stuff. When I am out in my camo bow hunting and I see a red tail I will flit my hand against a tree like a squirrel tail bouncing up and down. Very often the hawk will swoop down to try to attack it. On the way, it will always see me and turn inside out in mid air to change direction. Amazing to watch a hawk chase down a squirrel in a tree. Neat bird. Great Pics.

[knkali]

While walking through a wash the other day, I espied a hawk (I believe it's a Red Tail) sitting on top of a dead tree.
http://i41.tinypic.com/xfuhoy.jpg
It was kind enough to let me move closer for a telephoto shot from my little Cyper-shot DSC-WX150.
http://i43.tinypic.com/29cqtj5.jpg
In the photo it kind of looks like it's checking out the jet, but I think (and for firearm content) it was admiring my CW45 in it's Mitch Rosen holster:)
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jyyx4.jpg
Regards,
Greg
Great post and nice rig!

[knkali]

Nice picture.[/I]



Right with you.

[sas PM9]

Geez, just looked again at the pretty bird and see he's standing on a dead squirrel with a trophy size tail. That's gotta be a record holder right there.


B:

The hawk scared the squirrel to death and made his hair stand up!

BTW, great pictures gb.

-steve

[BEARDOG]

Fantastic pics Greg and Bill!!! They are really cool and very sharp shots. I am in the market for a new pocket sized camera and if that Cyper-shot DSC-WX150 of yours Greg is capable of that kind of quality I am going to have to put it high on my list to check out.

I love watching the hawks around my house here in the valley, here is one that I managed to get a shot of that was way up in an old tree right beside my driveway.

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/BeardogV1/redtail.jpg (http://s958.photobucket.com/user/BeardogV1/media/redtail.jpg.html)

[Bill K]

Nice shots guys. The one I took was from last winter, around this time of the year. I can't recall if I was able to get the bathroom window up or simply took the shot through the window.

[Bawanna]

It was a great picture whatever you did. All of them are super.

[TheTman]

Killing hawks is a federal violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and six months in prison. Even possession of feathers you may find on the ground is illegal, unless you are Native American and using them in tribal rituals.


We were all young and foolish at one time, I've seen other hunters take a shot at a hawk, many years ago.
Good words to live by: If you aren't going to eat it, don't shoot, unless it's a varmint causing problems. Even damned old crows are protected, and they are just a flying Rat.

[gb6491]

Thanks for the comments folks!

Bill and BEARDOG, those are outstanding photos (and impressive birds)! Thanks for sharing them:)

Darn, that should be Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 not Cyper...sorry about that:o

Regards,
Greg

[jeepster09]

Sad that hawks eyes make them look so mean and hateful all the time. I'm sure they are very pleasant and content waiting for everything to die so they can eat it. Maybe I got that mixed up with Vultures. I hate vultures.

That last pic is a Ptarmigan isn't it? Note the not so mean eyes. Pretty bird.

Are you dissing my friends...... You ever got a head in the mail.....jus sayin!:eek:

[Bawanna]

That's hands down the ugliest bird I ever laid eyes on. Please send that to Jocko, I ain't hanging that on my wall with all the equines.

[getsome]

Love those Hawk pictures....thanks....Funny story about birds....My mother in law was in the hospital with a lung infection and pneumonia and not doing very well and we went to see her in ICU....The room was on the 7th floor and had a really big picture window overlooking the woods out back and there on the window ledge were 2 huge Buzzards just hanging out looking over the parking lot....I thought for a second, YES Thank you God!!!... No such luck, she still lives...

[berettabone]

Nice pictures....................we have a lot of them up here in freezeville. They get scary large up here. Last year, I had one sitting on my fence, with 4 squirrels all frozen in place. Two on the shed roof, and two on the fence. No one moved for about 5 minutes until I opened the door. The hawk gave an obligatory swoop at one of the squirrels on the shed roof, and left. I can't understand why he didn't just get one of them. Maybe it's because we have lots of small birds in the area, and they're less hassle to catch. Maybe hawks have a bit of worry about getting injured getting a squirrel versus a bird. Maybe they are easier to catch. Watched one last year in the back yard, down a small bird in about 2 minutes. All it left was a small ring of feathers. No bones about it.

[muggsy]

I believe in the wise use of our natural renewable resources. I'm a conservationist, not a preservationist. I'm also a native American, born right hear in Cleveland, Ohio. Ya can't get much more native American than that. I'm not real big on ceremonial feathers unless they're being held by a fan dancer. But that's just me.

[yqtszhj]

Thanks for the post Greg. I love those birds. There are a lot around our place here.

Once when driving down the road with the daughter in the car we saw a hawk flying overhead with a snake in it's talons. The snake was still wiggling. Another time we were at the park near the river a few miles from the house and watched one for 30 minutes chasing squirrels around. too bad it never caught one.

Downtown on top of my office building there is a microwave tower. There is a hawk that sits on top of the tower eating it's lunch regularly. We find the pigeon wings below in the courtyard. Evidently the hawk doesn't like wings.