Waiting For Lunch

StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
edited November 28, 2006 in Wildlife
As I came home this afternoon, I was being watched. Sitting on a stone wall under our deck was this fine bird, giving me the eye.He didn't move at all as I drove in, so I went upstairs and got my camera and was pleasantly surprised that he was still there when I returned. I got a couple of pictures before he finally flew off, then I found out why he'd stayed put.

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He'd been sitting about two feet from the downspout, and after he flew away a chipmunk scurried out of the downspout and off to other cover. My fine feathered friend wasn't posing, he was waiting for his lunch to be served.

(psst - can you tell me what kind of bird this is?)
-Steven
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    wow
    Nice
    Best Regards
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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Nice shot...Looks like a Cooper's hawk.
    Jen

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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    nice capturethumb.gif
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Great capture! You surely invited him again?

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Good capture thumb.gif shame he missed the chipmunk. :eat
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  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    thanks, all (especially JenW for the i.d.)
    Dick on Aruba wrote:
    You surely invited him again?

    I'm pretty sure he lives in the woods in my backyard or across the street, I've seen him (or her? or others) now and again, mostly on the wing. We saw him from the road a few weeks back; we were stopped in afternoon traffic about 2/10 mi from my house and he was sitting on a phone post... and me without my camera (would have been a difficult angle anyway). It looked like he was just out watching the cars, laughing at the silly people in their shiny metal boxes.
    -Steven
    my words, my "pro"pictures, my "fun" pictures, my videos.

  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Nice Cooper's hawk shot!thumb.gif
    Glenn

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2006
    nice shot --you only get a few chances of the strikeeek7.gif you was close :D
    Jeff W

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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 28, 2006
    I was thinking coopers hawk. and this may be stupid but does it only have one leg? great shot..
    curtis
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