I know, we've been posting a LOT of bird photos lately and you must be sick of them by now... But this fellow showed up in our back yard! We were taking a painting break from our bathroom project (next post!), and we heard a hawk scream - and it sounded close! We stepped into the back yard and there he (she?) was, a Red-tailed Hawk, on a utility pole less than 100 feet away. It's mate was also in the area and in a few
minutes they flew off together. We were able to grab a few frames before takeoff. I think they were sizing up the cats for an easy lunch, but our kids are likely too big to be carried off, with one or two exceptions. And with the humans there, they moved on. I was surprised how little attention the cats paid to them! Anyway, these were taken with the 400mm + 1.4 extender on the Canon XSi. The first shot is almost the full frame, the last is pretty zoomed in...
I know, we've been posting a LOT of bird photos lately and you must be sick of them by now... But this fellow showed up in our back yard! We were taking a painting break from our bathroom project (next post!), and we heard a hawk scream - and it sounded close! We stepped into the back yard and there he (she?) was, a Red-tailed Hawk, on a utility pole less than 100 feet away. It's mate was also in the area and in a few 
minutes they flew off together. We were able to grab a few frames before takeoff. I think they were sizing up the cats for an easy lunch, but our kids are likely too big to be carried off, with one or two exceptions. And with the humans there, they moved on. I was surprised how little attention the cats paid to them! Anyway, these were taken with the 400mm + 1.4 extender on the Canon XSi. The first shot is almost the full frame, the last is pretty zoomed in...
Great shots!
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