Everybody admires a stealthy hunter. How about the feathered variety? Texgun & 1minute twigged a thought. Hawks, owls, eagles, etc- what's in your album?





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Ironbender: Was it you that had a nesting pair of baldys nearby last spring? If so, did they fledge anything?

We have good numbers that pause each spring but no nesting baldys here in eastern Oregon.

Eagles seem to be popular...









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Nope, not me. Do wish it though. Would love to see one try to snatch our 22# cat!

I have been told by a FS wildlife bio we do have a very few nesting pairs over here. I have forgotten where he told me though. Perhaps on the Umatilla or Wallowa-Whitman. Do not believe it was on the Malheur.

Great Grey in Grant County, OR.

BW, I like the side lighting on #1 and the result on the eye.

Immature bald eagle...

Some great birds of pray pictures in this thread.
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This girl actually found me. I got up before the rest of the family and hit a small trail around Christopher Creek, AZ a few weeks ago. I suddenly heard a big "swoop" at my head. I found out (after the fact) I was a little close to her nest and she didn't care for that. She took dives at me for the next 15 minutes, but I wasn't about to leave until I was convinced I got a couple good shots.

Does anybody know what kind of bird that is? At first I thought maybe Sharp-Shinned hawk, but now I'm thinking female Coopers Hawk.

ran across these today:

Fred Miranda link


It's apparently possible to get too close sometimes...

photos taken by A.D. Wilson

Wow...those are some awesome shots Utah!

Ray and Utah: Nice shots. A Virginia friend once sent me a self portrait with a ruffed grouse sitting first on the barrel of his 30-30 and then eventually on his shoulder as he was watching a white tail trail.

Did you call that owl in, or did he just happen by?

The wife has been out chasing hummingbirds for the last couple of days. She's nailed a couple more, but they are still in the camera.

no, I did not take them (see the link in my post)

While on a recent hunting trip in Western Qld I spotted this Wedge Tailed Eagle nest occupied by a near fully grown fledgling.

Outstanding... I bet the pucker factor was about 9.732!

Someone should make a calendar out of these!!

I'm very impressed. You have to be essentially a pro to do much raptor photography. Close to the nest, you have to be very careful.

Took about 50 failures with images of beaks, tails, wing tips, feet, and even empty sky, but the wife nailed this one yesterday. Immature redtail

Didn't quite get the whole bird, but I still like it.

Here's the one I got.

this picture is about 20 yrs old. Was clearing a lot locally and spotted this Saw Whet owl in a Maple stub...I fetched up my climbing gear and went about 25' up to get the picture....

How in the word did you shot that owl?

These were just with a cheap point & shoot

Couple summers ago I was in my back yard practicing with my bow and I looked up and saw these fledglings (Screach Owls)??

Ended up being three young ones and both adults. They were in my back yard for about a week and would let me get fairly close.

Haha. I got to take a photo! The wife was in the shower and this guy showed up to clear the quail out of our back 40. I seldom get an unsupervised session with her camera. It was a bit gray out as the sun was not up, but I had to take advantage of the opportunity.

Sharpshin

Cooper's hawk. Smacked into our window here Christmas morning and knocked himself out. Actually a bird in the hand. He's back out terrorizing the neighborhood feeders again.

Christmas Morning Visitor
Coopers Hawk showed up at my bird feeder this morning just after daylight. Took pics through a dirty window!! A few minutes later he nailed a sparrow in flight!!!
Boy, they are fast!!

With no Cooper's, Sharp Shinned, Goshawks, or Prairie falcons about we will have around 25 to a hundred California quail around our feeders all day. Let a falcon do a single pass and the quail vaporize showing up only at dusk for a quick bite before bed.

I'm not sure which bird this is, but it sure tasted good...

Not as nice as some here...but my contribution;

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It was a dark, dreary morning but this red shoulder came out pretty well.

I like......

Neat! Obviously not a windy day when the frost stays on twigs.