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mnhtnbb

(31,386 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 01:51 PM Mar 2016

Out the window

I first saw this guy--although it seems to be an adult female Northern Harrier hawk from the coloring--out my study window on the ground next door...near where I see deer a lot.
I just filled both our bird feeders a couple of hours ago and perhaps that drew the attention of this gorgeous bird. I dashed to get my camera, but the hawk was gone by the time
I got back to the window

Oh, well. I have procrastinated long enough. Time to pack (we leave for Bonaire very early tomorrow morning). As I was walking past our big living room windows, I looked out and
saw the hawk perched in a tree. Grabbed the camera and started shooting. It took off, flying back towards the house next door. I followed it...and got quite a few shots of
it perched in a tree, visible from the side window of my study.

Here she is!

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Out the window (Original Post) mnhtnbb Mar 2016 OP
She's beautiful. Adsos Letter Mar 2016 #1
I got about a dozen shots... mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #4
What a beauty! NV Whino Mar 2016 #2
Yes it is! mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #5
What a great shot! She is gorgeous. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #3
I have mostly seen these gorgeous birds just flying over and around our house. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #6
That's beautiful! 2naSalit Mar 2016 #7

mnhtnbb

(31,386 posts)
4. I got about a dozen shots...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:13 PM
Mar 2016

none of the ones out the living room window were this good. She was turning her head as I was shooting. Apparently these hawks hunt by sound
as well as sight. Wonder if she heard me?

mnhtnbb

(31,386 posts)
5. Yes it is!
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:14 PM
Mar 2016

So satisfying, especially when it was so serendipitous. I should have been in the bedroom packing and would have never seen her.

mnhtnbb

(31,386 posts)
6. I have mostly seen these gorgeous birds just flying over and around our house.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:15 PM
Mar 2016

I've never gotten a shot of one anything like this.

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