My Pet Hawk

[StinkyAcres]

Here are some pics from 2009 after Lightning struck our 75ft tower in the backyard at our old place.(2009')
The photos taking on the ground are from a camera and being used today for a perspective of height.
The ones taken next to the Red tail Hawk on the tower are video frame grabs since DH had the video camera on the tower with him and I had the normal camera on the ground. The Hawk landed on the tower while he was on it so he grabbed the camera and climbed back up. The entire time the Hawk was paying attention to my Chickens and didn't care about Bob on the tower right under him.
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That is actually a Red-shouldered Hawk. Notice the black and white barring on the wings and tail and the reddish barring on the breast and belly.

 

[casportpony]

I found this, in the UK the term Buzzard is correlate to the genus Buteo
http://www.thefalconrycentre.co.uk/...-raptors/diurnal-raptor-group/buzzards-hawks/

"In America (US) the term buzzard is not recognised in terms of Buteo raptors, quite often vultures are referred to as buzzards. It is occasionally used as derogatory term for birds of prey that are pests."

 

[Akrnaf2]

One of my favorite is this one, Circaetus gallicus the short toed snake eagle. It specialized in snakes.
He win some

And lose some

Not my pics!