Aerial Acrobat

It's amazing how skillfully and effortlessly birds negotiate seemingly impossible obstacle courses.

 

This hawk made a pass at the birds near a feeder. Failing to catch one it flew silently off into the dense woods to try again later. I can't imagine a human pilot flying safely through such a relatively difficult course.

 

A focus trick. Small twigs like this drive the autofocus crazy so I focused on the tree right beside the hawk. :-)

 

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).

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