This is not the first time we have seen a hawk hanging out neat this bird feeeder at Big Woods. This one is a Red-tailed Hawk.
~ Rick
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It has been a while since we photographed a Broad-winged Hawk. This one surprised me by how long she allowed us to take pictures. We were close and moving .. she didn't take off. Beautiful bird.
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We had a great experince while at Grand Lake St Marys this past week. There is an eagle nest just off of State Route 127 that we always stop at to photograph. We actually drove up to the lake with the goal of photographing the parents at this nest.
When we arrived we had a hard time seeing anything in the nest. The first photo is what we finally were able to capture. One parent, in the nest.
We didn't leave .. and I am so glad we didn't. After about ten minutes there was four eagles flying around us. As they started circling the area, we didn't notice right away, but there was three juvenile eagles, and one mature eagle. The mature eagle was one of the parents, and this one landed in the nest. The juvenile eagles landed in a couple trees near the nest.
The last photo is of both parents in the nsst. They swapped parent duties. I only shared two photos of juvenile eagles in the trees. I am not sure why, but I had trouble getting a good focus on the younger eagles. We are guessing these are from from a previous nesting season, maybe last year. It is about four to five years before eagles mature, the white appears in their head and they find a mate.
After the swap, the one parent and two of the juvenile eagles flow off. One of the juveniles and the parent in the nest were left there until the next shift change.
What an amazing experince.
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This Red-tailed Hawk spent some time playing a game of pole hop with us.. We would stop in the road to take a photo, he would take off, fly a couple poles down the road, land, rinse and repeat.. Very funny.
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We visited Garby Big Woods yesterday. We didn't see much, but on the way home we saw a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk. Sadly, we were not able to capture a photo.
As we crossed a bridge over the Miami River Teresa saw and captured a photo of this Bald Eagle perched over the river. I think this one recently molted. It must be about 4 years old so it will be looking for a mate sometime over the next year. How exciting.
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