Category Archives: Red-Tailed Hawk

Stupid Mistakes Frustrate Amateur Photographer

I’m used to photographing hawks . . . or thought I was.   This is a tale of how stupid mistakes make you lose important shots.  The above hawk was photographed on county line on March 30th. It’s been a … Continue reading

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The Two Hours Drives – Part 1: The Hawks and The Silo

Nearly all of the photographs I share in these posts are what I call “incidental”.  Incidental photographs are those I take while on my way home, on my way to work, out running chores, etc.  Meaning, the primary task at … Continue reading

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Late January 2012 Red-tailed Hawk

January has turned out to be a good month for getting hawk pictures. Powers is the way I occasionally go when heading home from Colorado Springs.  It connects to 83, and from there I get on County Line.  On this … Continue reading

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Early January Drive – first photos of 2012

This is the very first photo I snapped in 2012.  Yes, another hawk, a Red-Tailed Hawk, to be precise. I was driving home along County Line Road, when I saw this fellow perched on a pole.  I slowed and pulled … Continue reading

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Closing out 2011 – The Last Hawk

This post is exactly the same as the corresponding SmugMug gallery.  Twenty-five (25) photographs and their corresponding captions. The SmugMug gallery will have the option of higher resolution photographs, but otherwise the experience should be the same.  I still maintain … Continue reading

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The Red-tailed Hawk and the Funnel-web (not Wolf) Spiders

Yep, another hawk.  I photographed this guy for two reasons.  One, he was preening, and I’ve never seen a hawk do that (not saying it’s rare or anything; I’ve just never seen one preening). Plus the wind was doing a … Continue reading

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The hawks of September 2011

Yes, after flowers and bees, I’m back to birds.  Can anyone guess what kind?  Hawks, of course. That’s right, it’s getting ready to get the flock out of there.  This guy was sitting on a fence along my favorite stretch … Continue reading

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