#hawk photography

[whatnext10]

Colorful Red Tailed Hawks are Very Adaptive and Can Live Almost Anywhere

Poised to Go The most common raptor in North America also happens to be a bird that I am extremely fond of. That bird is the red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) sometimes also simply known as the red tail or in some circles as a “chicken hawk” despite the fact that it rarely preys on adult chickens. They are also one of the largest birds of the Buteo genus in North America and can have a highly…

[velvetbatss]

Death’s Head Hawk Moth ☠️

[hawkpartys]

SALTICUS PECKHAMAE BLAST

(all photographs by me)

[20th-century-man]

Farrah Fawcett / photo by William Hawkes for Playboy, July 1997.

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181135859]

Osprey || Pandion haliaetus

Observed in United States

Vulnerable in location of observation

FOUR entire fish!

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Lauren Bacall - The Big Sleep (1946)

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Red-tailed Hawk Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn

[guerillas-of-history]

Palestinian militiamen of the Fatah Hawks during the Second Intifada (2000-2005)

[hawklovesskippy]

Emmy Magazine photoshoot | 2024

Absolute perfection. Beyond measure.

[thiscountry]

Standing up to the bully

[everydayesterday]

A fluffy Sharp-Shinned Hawk. 🗡️

[Edit no. 2: WRONG. This is a Cooper's Hawk. I'm leaning on @hawkpartys' expertise here: "This is a Cooper's Hawk. See pale nape, dark cap, thick tarsi, graduated tail feathers, and large white undertail coverts."

While I based my ID on size compared to another nearby hawk, maybe this is just a small individual. To quote the National Audubon Society, and to reassure myself, "Lots of birders—expert birders—have come away shaking their heads and jotting down “Cooper’s/Sharp-shinned” in their notebooks."]

photos by me, 2024-03-13, Whitsett Park, Nashville, TN.

[whatnext10]

Early Morning is a Great Time to Find Birds

Serene Moment Anyone who knows me very well knows I’m not a morning person. I never really have been, but every once in a while I do get up early and head out for some time in nature. Usually if I’m up early I’m hoping to catch a nice sunrise, but I’m always open to seeing any kind of wildlife, too. First thing in the morning, before most people are up and about is often a good time to see…

[rabbit-obj]

Visited the Hawk Conservancy for my fiancé’s birthday and snapped these of Angola 🧡

[hawkpartys]

While out taking photos I saw this Pied Billed Grebe with fishing wire tangled around his beak and neck

I watched it for a while, saw it try and fail to eat a crawfish because it couldn't get its mouth all the way open. After a while, it swam up to me and just kind of lingered a few feet away.

So I decided to do the only rational thing, and grabbed a bird

Removed the wire, did a quick once-over to make sure there wasn't anymore, and off they swam

[feet-of-clay]

Cooper's Hawk

[occasionallybirds]

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

February 10, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania