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stingx
January 27th, 2013, 05:50 PM
Canon 40D + 55-250mm

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8421043999_3bb2cb7455_h.jpg
Tig
January 27th, 2013, 07:45 PM
Nice detail. It looks like a falcon, but I'm not sure which.
stingx
January 28th, 2013, 07:42 AM
Thanks, Tig. I'm not sure if this is a falcon or a hawk.
Tig
January 28th, 2013, 10:41 AM
The short beak makes me think falcon, but it's hard to tell without seeing the rest of the bird.

Here's a Cooper's Hawk on our fence, shot through the kitchen window. I'm surprised it turned out at all.
http://gallery.roadbikereview.com/data/roadbike/500/medium/Hawk_8-19-09_A-crop.jpg.
stingx
January 28th, 2013, 11:26 AM
Petty damn good for through the window shooting.
mrmudcat
January 28th, 2013, 12:15 PM
This is a Falcon as opposed to a hawk. The short beak allows them to kill their prey as opposed to a Hawk or EAGLE which kill with their talons.
duhvoodooman
January 28th, 2013, 06:45 PM
Beg to differ. Pretty sure it's a Red Tailed Hawk, the most common of the Eastern US buteos (soaring hawks), the quintessential hawk perched on a telephone pole or in a road-side tree. Compare it to this online photo of a Red Tailed--same bird:

http://i1.treknature.com/photos/20609/redtailedhawk.jpg

P.S. Nice photo, Pete!
stingx
January 28th, 2013, 08:26 PM
It's a Hawk. I was going to go back and look but a simple google image search reveals an identical looking bird:

http://divinewealthjournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/northern-red-tailed-hawk.jpg
stingx
January 28th, 2013, 08:27 PM
P.S. Nice photo, Pete!

Thanks!
mrmudcat
January 28th, 2013, 09:30 PM
shoot I hate when im wrong.damn voodooman...........lol....... nice pics by the way...........stingx ,tig...............hopefully I have the way of killing right or else I will just go back to guitartalk.where I know im full of shiat!!!:thwap:socool
Tig
January 28th, 2013, 09:47 PM
shoot I hate when im wrong.damn voodooman...........lol....... nice pics by the way...........stingx ,tig...............hopefully I have the way of killing right or else I will just go back to guitartalk.where I know im full of shiat!!!:thwap:socool

We luv you anyway, muddy! :wave:

I'm not completely convinced the OP is a red tail since we need to see the whole bird, and there's too much rust color at the bottom if it's neck. Then again, I might join the full of shiat club!