Here is my picture, hope it works.

[texanwitch]

I took the picture today at White Oak Bayou, had to sneak up on this little guy.

[gmoney]

1. Nice shot!

[texanwitch]

2. I have pretty good zoom lense on my camera but this damn hawk flys away everytime I get close.

Got him or her today.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear texanwitch!

See? I told you you could do it!

You might want to resize it, though...

If you used photobucket, just click on the picture, and that will take you to another page where you can fix that.

Very nice!

:hi:

[Dystopian]

4. Wow....

I don't know why...
That just gave me chills...what an exceptional shot! Thanks for sharing....
:loveya:


peace~

[texanwitch]

5. I have been trying for this shot all winter.

He or she hangs out on the bayou, looking for dinner.

[Dystopian]

7. Even better....

A beautiful way to end the day...
Finally, a wonderful accomplishment ...and he or she is gorgeous.
Very happy for you..:-)



peace~

[denbot]

6. Bitch'en shot.

Did you take it early in the morning or in the late afternoon?

[texanwitch]

9. This was taken late in the afternoon.

The sky was clear blue.

[bluesbassman]

8. Beautiful shot texanwitch!

Raptors are my favorite birds, and you captured a gorgeous one. Bravo! :applause:

[texanwitch]

10. This one maybe one of last year's babies from the pair that live in the area.

We have some woods nearby, so we have a lot of birds.

[bluesbassman]

11. Cool. Lots of Redtails and Kestrels around here.

I don't know if you saw thes before, but here's a few shots I took of an Osprey nesting pair.

[texanwitch]

12. Cool shots.

I have a picture of a osprey somewheres.

[bluesbassman]

13. Thanks. That's a beautiful bird you got there.

I love how they use what we leave behind to their advantage.

[texanwitch]

14. That last picture was taken at a long distance.

I had to sneak up behind this little guy and take a quick shot.

[marzipanni]

15. Great hawk photo, texanwitch!

Do you know if it is a Cooper's hawk? I tried to find a similar photo on the web, and that seemed closest.
The window I look out when I'm at my kitchen sink is at the level of a bare horizontal branch of a black walnut tree about eight feet away. I've seen scrub jays cleaning their beaks and nudging acorns into crevices in the old tree, sparrows and other small birds catching bugs there, a flicker hopping up the trunk pecking at bugs, hunmmingbirds swooping by to the feeder. It's been a pretty good bird watching spot, but one of the best sightings was a few months ago when I looked up to see a hawk landing on the branch, facing me. As soon as it saw me it took off, but it was so cool to see it so close.

[texanwitch]

16. I think it is a red tail hawk.

Don't know for sure.

[onestepforward]

17. It looks like a red-tailed hawk.

Beautiful birds and an awesome picture!

[TreasonousBastard]

22. I'm almost positive it's a red-tail....

Red-tails are distributed from Canada down to Panama and extremely common around here, and a lot of them from the Midwest and Canada winter in Texas. The yellow feet and spotted band around the white belly are the signatures marks of most red-tails.

They are extraordinary birds, and I used to see them sitting every couple of hundred feet on treetops along I78 in New Jersey. Not quite as common out here, but still quite a few breeding pairs around-- our most common raptor.

Great pictures.

[Terra Alta]

18. Wow! What a great shot!

so beautiful! I really do enjoy animals, and nature... thanks for sharing this with us!

[david13]

19. Fantastic. Love that wildlife. dc

[Flaxbee]

20. beautiful! Wow - lovely photo, texanwitch. But makes me wonder where maestro is these days...

I haven't been around here much recently, but I haven't seen any of maestro's bird photos in a long time. :shrug:

[donheld]

21. Very nice!

[ceile]

23. Really beautiful!

[Schema Thing]

24. gorgeous!

[texanwitch]

25. Here is a picture from the back, different location.

[texanwitch]

26. I think it is a red hawk from the color of the tail.