Windy Weekend

Red-Tailed Hawk

There’s nothing that challenges a stabilizer like a really windy day and on most shots today I lost the battle against mother nature. At least I was able to salvage a few.



While looking for the beautiful buck that so far has eluded my lens (except for a few blurry rump shots), I was surprised to find this hawk hunting in a Durham field where I don’t often find raptors. He was perched on top of a dead tree trunk and let me share his field with him.

Red-Tailed Hawk in hunting mode

Either I was extra-stealthy or I wasn’t important enough to distract him from his mission! 



I spent quite a while with this hawk, who didn't seem to have much luck in the hunting department.