Who?

This was a big surprise. When I saw her flying low and close to our location, and then landing in a nearby tree I thought it was odd for a hawk to be landing so close to us. The size was about right for a large hawk, but that was not the behavior of a hawk. It behaved like other owls we have seen but the timing .. I just did not expect to see an owl at 2:00p. Once it landed I started snapping photos. It just looked at us for a long time .. but did not take off until we started to walk again. It was so special.

Oh, it is a Barred Owl. We were hiking at Stillwater Prairie Reserve. I love how nature is always full of surpirses.

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Not So Bald

I am sure i will not do this justice, but I'll try. We were driving home on a back road when I saw this large bird in a tree. We were not far from it so I slowed down. The tree hung over the road. I coiuld tell by this time that it was an adult Bald Eagle. I slowly pulled the car toward the location, stopping just under the beautiful Eagle. All I had was my iPhone. I had already opened the window so I held the phone out the window and startred snapping photos. You can't tell it by the photo because I roated the image but I was parked below her in the middle of the road.

I text a good friend and shared a couple photos. After describing the situation, he responded: "... A wise man once told me, “don’t look up while directly under a bird, especially a big one!” Good advise .. we did not encounter any 💩.

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Hawk Timeout

I would have missed this Red-tailed Hawk but Teresa saw him land in a nearby tree. We were just driving down a country road when she saw her. So, what do we do .. of course we stop the car in the middle of the road and start taking photos. Lucky for us there was not traffic so we had time to get a few photos.

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Where Did She Go?

Some photos are just not meant to be. We saw this hawk near where were were photographing but sadly she took off befoe we could capture a photo. As were were driving away, I spotted her in a tree .. but boy, it was a long shot. Normally, I can capure shots like this due to the lens I use, but Teresa captured the top two photos and they are great. When we finished, she was still in this same spot.

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