Bird of Prey

[stingx]

Canon 40D + 55-250mm

[Tig***]

Nice detail. It looks like a falcon, but I'm not sure which.

[stingx]

Thanks, Tig. I'm not sure if this is a falcon or a hawk.

[Tig***]

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.
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[stingx]

Petty damn good for through the window shooting.

[mrmudcat]

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***]

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:



P.S. Nice photo, Pete!

[stingx]

It's a Hawk. I was going to go back and look but a simple google image search reveals an identical looking bird:

[stingx]

P.S. Nice photo, Pete!

Thanks!

[mrmudcat]

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!!!

[Tig***]

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!!!

We luv you anyway, muddy!

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!