Red Tail Hawk photo shoot

[getwozzy]

I had a gorgeous red tail hawk visit me today in my backyard, so I grabbed my camera so I could share with my fellow bird-nerds [emoji41]

















My favorite.....


My favorite in black and white....

 

[JerseyWendy]

GASP!!!! WOW, Shirre, those are some seriously GORGEOUS photos of one STUNNING bird!!!!

 

[SoCalWendy]

Wow! Those are awesome shots

 

[Allee]

You lucky, lucky, girl! What a spectacular visitor! All the photographs are breathtaking, I think the fifth one is my favorite.

 

[getwozzy]

Thank you, thank you [emoji4]

I *think* this guy (?) is a juvenile who possibly fledged earlier this month~ he was sort of flapping about, jumping from branch to branch, stretching his wings, etc so it made me think he's still getting the hang of things.....but I'm no expert~ it just seemed like he was practicing.

 

[IRNMom]

Wow! Those are some great pictures you took of that beautiful bird!

 

[Christinenc2000]

Great Pictures.

 

[getwozzy]

Thank you!! I really love watching them and getting to take pictures-- I need to get some longer range lenses [emoji51]

 

[RavensGryf]

Shirre those are such beautiful shots! Just another one of your many talents

 

[Kalel]

Beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing

 

[Scott]

Spectacular photo sequence, Shirre! How far away were you??

 

[getwozzy]

Spectacular photo sequence, Shirre! How far away were you??

Thanks Scott!!

Probably about 80 ft?? I used a 250mm lens to shoot the pics, and then blew them up a bit while I was editing them.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

He's an extremely majestic looking fellow! And how amazing that you were able to capture such a gorgeous creature in these stunning photos!

 

[getwozzy]

So my falconer friend confirmed its a juvenile passage red tail hawk ~at this point they're most likely still being fed by the parents too.