WOW! Check out who just landed on my porch! (pics)

[bicentennial_baby]

We live in a small city, and the biggest birds we get here are generally seagulls, and they never land on our railing. I was laying on the couch, and look who showed up!! :o







Sorry about the pic quality...He was much bigger than he looks here (assuming it's a he). Anyone know what kind of raptor this is? What a sight!

[driver8]

1. What a beautiful bird!

Thanks for sharing these photos with us!!

[bicentennial_baby]

4. It was really neat!

Doesn't happen every day, especially here! :D

[Inchworm]

2. Some Buteo- I'd guess Red-tailed Hawk

Did its tail have a red tint?

I'm envious

:yourock:

[bicentennial_baby]

3. You may be correct! They are rather common in MA

It was so cool! I was able to get up, get the camera, and get pretty close! He kept looking at me like "What are you lookin' at?"

:hi:

[Inchworm]

10. That's awesome

I keep camera right by the window. My thing is that when I move too fast the dogs think we are going to a circus or party. They both hop up all excited and scare everything off.

Glad you got the picture. I bet it seemed like a daggone pterodactyl up close!

:)

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Pretty much! His talons were huge!

:o

[XemaSab]

5. I'm guessing red-tail

based on size and belly pattern.

Cool!

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Wow!

You don't usually see red-tails land on a porch railing like that.

Don't get too close to him or he'll eat your liver.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Hence my surprise!

There were all of these gulls flying up to the roof, and he was with them....Decided to stay for a bit :D

[bigwillq]

7. That's so cool!

We get a lot of hawks near where I live. Such pretty creatures. :)

[ceile]

8. That is so cool!

What a beauty!

[Rambis]

11. I saw a red tail hawk

take a pheasant in mid air last week (Iowa). It had it on the side of the road eating it. I have never seen that before and may never see it again.

[Ellipsis]

12. Good Omen

Congratulations on the new job.

[semillama]

13. It's a good vantage of the cemetery across the street

so I wouldn't be surprised if the Red-tailed Hawk returns. If it was successful in hunting from that perch, it probably will!

[Gormy Cuss]

18. Yep. Looks like a perfect place to spot the rodents in the cemetery.

Also agree with everyone who thinks it's a red-tailed both based on how it looks and where b_b lives. I used to see them everywhere around Boston.

[geardaddy]

14. Looks like a red-tailed hawk

I see them a lot on lightpost along the freeway here in Minneapolis.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Cool!

Got any mousies for him?

[stuntcat]

17. FANtastic bird

We had a hawk like that once on our back porch, I was so excited! I'll have to find where I posted the picture now

[YDogg]

19. at least it wasn't one of these

[sammythecat]

20. Wow! What a cool thing to have happen.

[Bucky]

21. Shit, get a gun and shoot it before it flies away.

Make sure you got a friend down in the parking lot so no one nabs your trophy! :hide:

[applegrove]

22. Beautiful. I think you are blessed or something.