03/18/25

 Today's image is another of the Red Tail Hawk images I was able to get recently.  I really liked this one as it circled around in my direction.

03/11/25

 I have had a lot of opportunities for bird images this winter.  On the first weekend in March I was able to capture a Red Tail hawk fairly closely.  It was gliding around on the winds we were having that day and I lucked out that it came towards me a couple of times. They are in our area all year but seem to be more prevalent in the winter.  

12/03/24

 Today's image is one that I was able to capture on the last bike ride of the season, last week most likely.  This is a Red Tail Hawk that was flying above a pond that had a large number of ducks and geese on it.  I am not sure if it was thinking it could get dinner or not.  Red Tails are found in our area all year but become more prevalent as others come back from further north.

09/24/24

 It's a double digit day!  😁  This image is one that I was able to get this spring, I have not seen these birds around all summer.  Maybe they go north to get out of the heat.  This is an American Kestrel.  They usually hang out on the electrical wires at the corner of the road I walk pretty often.  Hope they return this year.  They are an endangered bird as their habitat is disappearing.  

09/10/24

 Today's image is an older one that I was able to get earlier this year, in late spring.  It is a Red Tail Hawk that was flying above me.  It shows the bars on the wings that help identify them pretty well.

08/20/24

 Today's image is of one of my favorite birds to capture.  This is a Kestrel.  I have not seen any around this summer, I think they go further north because of the heat.  Hope to see them again this winter.  They are endangered though, so we shall see.

06/18/24

 Today's image is of a common bird in my area, a Red Tail Hawk.  One of the ways to identify them are the short bars that extend down from the tops of their wings about a quarter way in from the tip.  They can be well seen here as it was gliding above me.

02/27/24

 Today's image is another of the American Kestrel that I was able to photograph on my trip to Missouri in late November.  I had a really great opportunity to take several photos as it hovered in place hunting.

02/20/24

 One day, last weekend, I was working at my desk and looked out the window as I saw some movement.  To my surprise, a Red Tail Hawk landed in the Walnut tree just outside the window.  I quickly grabbed my camera which only had my 70mm lens on it and was able to grab this one shot before it flew off.  I think it may have noticed me through the window.

01/09/24

 Today's image is my first Red Tail Hawk capture for the new year.  The light was pretty crappy, the sun was basically above it and it was very cloudy out.  I had to play with it a lot to bring out detail and I think it turned out OK to share.  😊

01/02/24

 I thought I would start off the new year and birds with another of my Kestrel hunting photos.  Maybe it will bring me luck in having more opportunities like this to photograph birds.  It was quite cool to be able to see and capture this one while it was hovering and looking for food on a trip to Missouri in November.

12/26/23

 Back to "regular" type photos now.  😊  Today's image is another of the Kestrel I was able to capture while it was hunting that I saw on my trip to Missouri at Thanksgiving.  I was able to pull off to the side of the road and get my camera and take several images before it moved on.  Very cool to see.

12/5/23

 Last week I shared the first American Kestrel that I was able to see an capture in my area.  While I was traveling for Thanksgiving, I had just passed into Missouri when I saw a Kestrel hovering off to the side.  I quickly pulled over and grabbed my camera and was rewarded in that it stayed there hunting for a while longer.  I was able to get some of my closest and best shots ever of which this is one of them.  Not sure what it was watching but it never seemed to swoop down and get anything.

11/28/23

 Today's image is of my first Kestrel sighting for this season.  I was very happy to see one back in our area.  I have heard that they are having issues and could become very endangered soon.  

11/7/23

 These birds have left the area now for warmer climates.  They have been gone about a month now.  This is a Mississippi Kite that I captured one day while out on a bike ride before they moved on.  I love their masks, gives them character I think.

9/5/23

 Today's image is another of the juvenile Mississippi Kite that I got to watch climb a tree and then photograph as it sat and rested and looked for mom and dad. 😀 You can just see the mask over the eyes developing.  Adults are not striped either, they are solid colors, grey and white.

8/8/23

 It's a double digit day! 😀  Today's image is another of a Red Tail Hawk flying overhead.  This summer, they have taken more of a backseat to the Mississippi Kites.  I see more Kites around right now but I did see a Red Tail when riding my bike last weekend.

7/28/23

 It's Friday, TGIF!  This week has been a scorcher, in the 100s with no end in sight so far.  Anyway, the Mississippi Kites are nesting in a tree in the yard again.  Somehow, last weekend, their fledgling ended up on the ground and apparently couldn't take off from there so it ended up climbing up into this tree.  It was interesting to see, I caught a few shots of the last part of it.  I should have been taking video but never think about it.  I had to share this image, partly because it's different and mostly because of the wonderful bubble bokeh because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

7/11/23

This is yet another capture I made of the Red Tail Hawk that was observing me while flying overhead.  I had to get it while the getting was good.  😁

6/20/23

 Today's image is one more of the images that I was able to capture of a Red Tailed Hawk soaring above me.  I found it a cool experience because it was fairly close and was looking at me while I photographed it.