A Red-Tailed Hawk waiting patiently for a meal to appear in the field below on a very windy day. It always amazes me how birds are able to hang on to the smallest of branches even on the most windy of days. Medicine Bow National Forest, WY.
A Red-Tailed Hawk waiting patiently for a meal to appear in the field below on a very windy day. It always amazes me how birds are able to hang on to the smallest of branches even on the most windy of days. Medicine Bow National Forest, WY.
nature has no boss 
These, the Coopers, and Kestrels are some of our favorite birds.
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Hi Jim, we as well. Especially in the raptor family.
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With the foliage gone, I notice them more, often perched in trees above grassy highway verges. A lovely and somehow comforting sight.
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HI Eliza, it is funny but fall is raptor time. Probably a combination of lack of foliage as you mention and birds moving down from further north.
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Late Aug-early Oct. is our peak hawk migration here, with the most coming through in Sept. The most common one we see year round is the Red-tailed, with Cooper’s sometimes checking out the bird feeder in winter (though I’m not happy about that!).
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Yes, the red-tailed is also most common with us as well although in winter rough-legged hawks hang around. We don’t have coopers checking out the feeders but we do have a goshawk how prowls the area.
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I love to see these birds. There’s something wonderful about catching sight of one. This one does look a bit worried–or perhaps hungry.
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Probably worried about being hungry?
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Their toes certainly work better than ours.
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