Halloween Hawk!

[yakker]

I'm a confessed Luddite, so although I used to used an old-fashioned 35mm Canon Rebel, I now just have my pitiful yet mighty flip phone. But being determined, I tried (again) to get some pics through my binoculars- which ended up with interesting effects! One of which was this- bleached, yet spoooooky!



a couple others: (he/she is a red-tailed hawk and was eating a fish)

 

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[ltd063]

lol. Luddite. I love that term. So many people have never heard it, that it confuses them. Maybe that is mostly why I like it so much.

 

[tamrock]

Great encounter Yakker, but your bird is an Osprey. Even better to witness then most Hawks, but still their wonderful. I believe your technique was a success.

 

[BosnMate]

Interesting pictures. I like that idea, although I can see where it would require three hands, maybe more.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Well you got me confused. But that's easy. That's really neat technique. Good timing for the spooky pic.

 

[scruggs]

Cool pictures!

 

[RGINN]

First one's pretty cool! Does kinda look more like an Osprey.

 

[diverrick]

Most definatly an Osprey. We have a nesting pair at work. I alway look forward to seeing them. They are pretty used to vehicles, so you can drive pretty close up. A few yaers ago they had a a baby. You could hear the little baby osprey cry. Mom and dad stayed very close to that nest, to gaurd it.

 

[worldtalker]

Most definatly an Osprey. We have a nesting pair at work. I alway look forward to seeing them. They are pretty used to vehicles, so you can drive pretty close up. A few yaers ago they had a a baby. You could hear the little baby osprey cry. Mom and dad stayed very close to that nest, to gaurd it.

More feeding it than guarding it.

 

[yakker]

We thank-you all
I did see the tail spread out, so I'm prrreeetttty certain it's a red-tail- sure sounded like one. It would be pretty odd to see an osprey in central Virginia. And I know what osprey are like- loud and obnoxious. I used to live on the Eastern Shore of MD, so I saw and heaqrd a lot of them- and I would never have been able to be so close w/o hearing about it
OTOH, I could be wrong...
And thanks for taking a look regardless

 

[RustyGold]

Osprey or Hawk the photo is awesome. Outstanding is even a better word.

 

[yakker]

Osprey or Hawk the photo is awesome. Outstanding is even a better word.

Well! That is very kind! Thankyou