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Peregrine Falcon south west Glos England

Black Kite on the wing with airplane, Batumi, Georgie.

when my mother came and stayed with us in 2007, for about 6 months, she suffered the fate of most Indian parents visiting their kids in the US. Besides the boredom, endless waiting, complete dependence on their kids to ferry them around, they endure a lot of stuff they often dont share. She came to the US the first time in 1975.

When I asked my mom if she was ever scared being alone in the house when we were all at work , she said " never, I have my Garuda Vahanam" looking over me ( literally ' hawk transport' mythological ride of one of the pantheon of Indian Gods) LINK : www.indiayogi.com/content/indgods/garuda.asp

Apparently this hawk visited her ever so often, and I have seen it only once briefly. Finally saw it this morning , and was able to sneak up on her / him. (hence the OOF wall of my back patio)

I am no ornithologist, but after wikipedia, it looks like a Red shouldered hawk or a Cooper's Hawk .

I plan to blow this up for her living room in Thrissur.

What a beautiful little creature!

 

I believe this is the mom of the family, keeping a watchful eye on the big ugly photographer.

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) female with Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) prey

Soon this youngster will be migrating to parts unknown.

Kensington Metro Park, MI

 

This is a baby Harris Hawk, four weeks old. Cute, but packs a bit of a nip with its beak. It can't even fly yet!

This bird definitely was keeping an Eye on me. Canon 7D and 300 f4 +1.4

Red Top Mountain State Park

Mom feeding junior some sushi

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