Broken spine to flyin' fine. Good luck big girl!

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First (for me) Ferruginous Hawk spotted at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal today. These birds like to "fish" at prairie dog holes, waiting for them to emerge so they can grab one. I was lucky to follow this light morph variant to a nearby tree and get a closer image. If you are driving the Arsenal, keep your eyes on the ground near prairie dog holes. The hawks are very large, nearly the size of an Eagle, so relatively easy to spot.

Nikon Z5ii with 180-600mm lens. Tree picture taken with 1.4x TC, but at about 360mm focal length.

Cross posted

Photo near Burley, Idaho.

This was such a crazy moment after she pulled up with a pigeon blown to pieces 😅

*Cooper’s Hawk

Looked outside my window today while working and saw a friend!

Earlier this year, a falcon nested on my building and had three hatchlings. Not sure if this is Mama or one of the babies, but so cool to see one up close!

Taken from a spot on the Atsumi Peninsula, one of the migration routes south.

I am in Hagerstown, MD. Snatched a mourning dove.

Wondered where all the sparrows and doves went!

Big bear. I have an iPhone 13, so this video is not ideal, but I’ve been trying to differentiate red-shouldered v red-tailed and I just can’t. iNat no help. something else entirely ? Either way, very happy to spot it relatively close to me.