Beautiful hawk! I'm not sure about it being a red-tailed hawk. Seems to me those have very red tails and this one's tail is mostly brown.
G > On Feb 26, 2018, at 1:28 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote: > > We don’t get many big brawny birds here in the heartland. But today a hawk > landed in a nearby spruce while I was shooting dinky sparrows and chickadees. > Not easy to identify him sitting in a tree, and at first I thought it was > Cooper’s Hawk. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o9lnaof9xso1x0/8136.jpg?dl=0 > > But I got one throwaway shot of him in flight, and due to the wing markings > and the broad red tail, I think he’s a red-tailed hawk. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdsvezmykexlqmu/8144.jpg?dl=0 > > What say you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
