The Hawks

[dancerjodi]

Here's the 2 hawks that were in a huge tree across the street from our house. To get perspective of height, the top of that tree (with the birds) was probably about 40-50 feet high.

Now, can any bird people actually confirm something interesting about them? According to Vinnie (our overlly Italian neighbor) they are hawks but I don't know anyting about his bird watching expertise.

http://www.diabolis.net/albums/pets_and_random_animals/hawks/

Comments

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

i need a camera with better zoom ;)

[xany.livejournal.com]

...or Sibley's Guide to North American Birds. ;)

Having grown up around there...

[billporn.livejournal.com]

I can safely tell you that you're overly Italian neighbor is indeed correct.

Those are hawks.

I use to watch them skydive for mice and occasionally cats when I was younger.

They never actually hurt the cats, mind you. They just liked to play with them ;-)

[nazier.livejournal.com]

From the way thier tails look They are red tailed hawks one of the most common ones in the area, They looked like a mature pair most likely mates. The one on the top branch looked like the male when I was looking at them that day due to his slightly larger size. Red tails usually do very well as trained and/or rehabilitated hunters. The unfortunate thing is thier close contact with people often leads them into getting injured by human carelessness. You can't see as much detail in the pics as I was seeing through vinnies binoculars that day. They were a beautiful pair.

HAwk or Not...

[mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com]

Take a look here... Could also be a vulture.
http://i-bird.com/gallery/gallery.htm