Thursday, February 2, 2012

Animal Wednesday on Thursday

I was on my way to my mailbox this morning and look what I saw!


I'm not good at bird identification, especially when it comes to raptors. I'm thinking maybe a Red Tailed Hawk, as they are prevalent in our area. If anyone (Lisa) knows what this is, let's hear it!


These were the best shots I could get as my zoom lens was zoomed as much as it can. I didn't want to get much closer because I didn't want to interrupt his lunch. He seemed to be enjoying it so much and was not really too bothered by me.
What an exciting Animal Thursday!

P.S. I forgot to mention that he is about the size of a cat!

8 comments:

Cris, Artist in Oregon said...

oh he looks like a big sucker. wow. Great photo op..I cant see it well enough to tell what it is other then a Hawk. lol Lisa should know.

~Babs said...

I'd guess red tailed hawk too,,we used to see lots of them at the lakehouse.
Cool photo,,,and the sun is shining!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Looks like a Red-tailed to me too. Good shots.

Teri Casper said...

Wow, what fun find. Birds are so interesting.

HAW

Lynn said...

Thanks for not telling us what he was having for lunch! LOL

Caroline said...

Big bird! Always fun to see a new visitor in the garden!

Mim said...

Amazing! I'm with Lynn on the blanking on what he was having for lunch!

sukipoet said...

amazing to see him on the ground. ditto re: the lunch. ugh.