Hawk or Eagle?
Jul 4, 2013 12:30:15 #
Let me preface these photos by saying that the quality is not good and I normally wouldn't dream of posting them. However, we have a new resident on our 9 acres that I'm pretty sure is a hawk, but he kind of looks like a golden eagle as well. I would love some other opinions. We've seen him for about a week and believe that he also has a mate. Our massive bird/squirrel population have been hiding and unusually quiet; until this morning. There seemed to be a unified effort by cardinals and bluejays to attack this guy. I mean literally try to knock him off his perch. He must have recently raided some nests! I have a new goal to try to get some good photos of him.
note the flash of bluejay on the bottom left
cropped for closeup
crazy bluejay - the hawk is so much bigger looking in reality.
incoming bluejay
cropped to show wing detail - it is a very wet & dreary day!
Jul 4, 2013 12:34:41 #
Jul 4, 2013 12:39:07 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
Red Tailed Hawk.
Thank you! That's what it looks like to me. The photos really don't show his immense size; that is why I was wondering about it being a golden eagle.
Jul 4, 2013 17:30:58 #
Great capture of the blue jay attack. Redtails can be quite large; I've thought were eagles on occasion.
Jul 4, 2013 20:18:25 #
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