leucistic red-tailed hawk, Henninger Flat, above Pasadena, CA, 2011 Oct. 14

Taken at Muscatatuck NWR. I'm not sure what this is. It's face looks little to me, more Merlin like. Do you all think Merlin?

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Sometime a photo tells a story, sometimes you tell the story to explain the photo. "....After spending an "Okay" morning of owling and looking for raptors, it wasn't until we turned onto my street that we spyed a cooperative Red-tailed Hawk perched in close proximity. This one had just flown from my backyard presumably eyeing up my bird feeders for an avian lunch. You just never know, and you have to be in it to win it!

Waiting for chipmunks

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).

Possibly a red tailed hawk (not sure) spotted on May 13, 2019 in Ferry Park (in SF). I was able to stand directly under the tree without startling him/her away!

Red-Tailed Hawk at Vargas Plateau Regional Park, CA on December 2, 2017.

Breakfast over - nap time!

Looks like a young Red-tailed hawk that just finished a meal

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Red-tailed Hawk being mobbed by all and sundry.

Adult Rufous-morph Red-tailed Hawk.

Kansas Settlement, AZ.

2-24-11.

Photo By: Ned Harris

I was leaving the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary when I noticed another photographer (Nicce) taking shots of a bird on the side of the road. I stopped and here in the brambles was a young Red-Tailed Hawk that was obviously in distress and unable to fly away. I went to find the Sanctuary Manager (John Ireland) who came back and was able to capture the young bird by the legs. From there we loaded him in a box and drove him a short distance away to the OWL (Orphaned Wild Life) Rehabilitation Society for care. They determined that he was very weak, emaciated and had an infected hole in his tongue and needed care. They re-hydrated the bird and cleaned him up. They were then going to give him anti-biotics to fight the infection. The good news is that they gave him an 85% chance of survival and return to the wild in about 4-8 weeks. He most certainly would have perished if he had not been rescued :-)

Many thanks to Nicce, John Ireland and the OWL Rehabiltaion Society! for more information on O.W.L. and the incredible work they do visit their website at www.owlcanada.ca/...

Plum Island

Red tailed hawk

Red-tailed Hawk visiting my rear yard.

Red-tailed Hawk , Kelly Staton ESA, London, Ontario

Long Marine Laboratory

PRNWR

Birds in Brant Rock and Duxbury - January 10, 2021

Red-tailed Hawk at North River Sanctuary and Swans on Summer Street in Marshfield, Ma. - Sept 7, 2022

porter on the lake

Red tailed hawk

Santa Cruz Flats, AZ 12/23/11

Red-tailed Hawk, Lincoln County, Wa.

A quick glimpse a Red-tailed Hawk which fled when a truck driver sounded his horn. Some people are idiots.

P.R.N.W.R

red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk Face Profile, 3.27.10.