Red Tailed Hawk

  • Red Tailed Hawk Overhead

    Red Tailed Hawk Overhead

    Tom and I were coming back from Ludwig’s Corner where we had gotten a pizza. Tom wanted to get the pepperoni and cheese and I wanted to get the feta and olives and pine nuts. I won. So as we are headed home to bake the pizza there were two beautiful red tailed hawks…

  • Hawk in the Woods Today!!

    Hawk in the Woods Today!!

     Well it was one of those days.  Cooled off a bit and the mosquitos were gone, but nothing much happening for a few hours.  I was walking back along the interline drive when I heard a red bellied woodpecker.   Immediately this beautiful young red tailed hawk flew right up in front of me…

  • We are Here in Gloucester, Massachusetts

    We are Here in Gloucester, Massachusetts

    Tom and I took the plunge and rented a house overlooking the ocean in Gloucester.  Three weeks!!  What the heck will we do?  Well, I am taking loads of pictures and having more fun than is legal.  Here are a few: The Happy Man Paper Wasp Blowing a Bubble (look closely) Semi Palmated Plover…

  • Poster Boy

    Poster Boy

    This guy was so cooperative.  He let me get very close.

  • Hawk in the Rain

    Hawk in the Rain

    Rained all day yesterday, but this little beauty still posed for a quick picture during my drive through Valley Forge.

  • Annoyed

    Annoyed

    When I got to the parking lot at Pauling’s Farm in Valley Forge I spotted the red-tailed hawk in the  field.  He had a little critter in his talons.  He spotted me too and flew up to a branch in a nearby tree.  I quickly moved over to get a shot as he turned…

  • The Last of the Meadowlark

    The Last of the Meadowlark

    Spring has arrived finally!!  Here’s a little left over from winter.  Red Tail and the last feathers of the poor Meadowlark.  Click for better view of those feathers.