Archive for July 17th, 2016

Red Tailed Hawk in Red Oaks Mill

Posted by Ed in Photography & Images, Recumbent Bicycling, Science on 2016-07-17

We often see Red Tailed Hawks circling high above the area, but this one came closer than most (clicky for more dots):

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 - 0195

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 – 0195

Surely you can see it, just to the left of the speed limit sign? It took us by surprise, too!

Near the middle of the road:

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 - 0211

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 – 0211

And away:

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 - 0227

Red Tailed Hawk Red Oaks Mill 2016-06-27 – 0227

Perhaps it’s taking a break to enjoy just flying around? That’s about what we were doing; it was a fine morning for that sort of thing.

Squinting at a few more frames, it’s flying at 18 mph with 4 wingbeats per second. Not in a hurry, that’s for sure, and still traveling faster than we were.

We spotted a few Gas Hawks above the airport, too, but they stayed too far away for pictures…

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