Red Tail Hawk : a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide.
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Driving around yesterday,
coming back down from Green Mountain,
I turned down another country road I hadn’t explored before.
The sky was gorgeous,
filled with beautiful sunshine and clouds.
Such a welcome change from rain, rain and well, more rain!
Here along Blankenship Road just southeast of the town of Mossyrock,
I spotted this hawk sitting in an alder tree just about 10 feet off the country lane.
He stuck around long enough for me to get a few shots off
before he took off for parts unknown.
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I don’t own a good birding lens,
but when they’re close as he was,
my Pentax FA * 80-200mm lens works fine.
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How’s the weather around your place this week?
We’re beginning to look a bit like spring!
Yay!
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What a beauty! Yes, there’s a hint of spring in the air here, even if it did snow a bit this morning.
Yes, truly.. I saw pussywillows a couple of days ago, but it also snowed a bit yesterday! But spring is coming.
You got a great shot of him. I am hoping to see many of these birds in my area in the next few weeks. Yeah!!!!
Yes, I see them everywhere, but most of the time they are just too far away to get a shot.