Ms. Redtail's visit

**Ron Phillips** · 01-15-2011, 06:02 PM

There had been ravens outside my office window most of the day. Our cat Beanie was loving it, even though the birds were nearly as big as her. Then it settled down for a while when Beanie's attention was enthusiastically caught. I look out and it wasn't a raven, but a hawk.

Unfortunately she moved behind some branches of the pine tree she had lighted in. So I went out and hoped to get a photo of her. She caught me just as I rounded the corner of my house and flew off to trees just beyond my side yard.

Thankfully the zoom did a pretty good job on the camera.

Newt · 01-15-2011, 06:42 PM

Neat! Looks to be a Cooper's hawk, not a redtail.

deanne · 01-15-2011, 07:58 PM

pretty

**Ron Phillips** · 01-15-2011, 09:08 PM

Thanks Newt. If anyone could properly identify it, I knew it'd be you. My dad is the one who said it was a redtail. I was skeptical because it had a brown back with a white tipped tail. The pics of the Cooper's does look like what I saw when she lighted next to my window when I first saw her.

01-15-2011, 06:02 PM	#1
Ron Phillips Are you terminal? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Some where under a deep blue sky. Posts: 4,109	Ms. Redtail's visit There had been ravens outside my office window most of the day. Our cat Beanie was loving it, even though the birds were nearly as big as her. Then it settled down for a while when Beanie's attention was enthusiastically caught. I look out and it wasn't a raven, but a hawk. Unfortunately she moved behind some branches of the pine tree she had lighted in. So I went out and hoped to get a photo of her. She caught me just as I rounded the corner of my house and flew off to trees just beyond my side yard. Thankfully the zoom did a pretty good job on the camera. __________________ Ron Earl Phillips Buy Ron's Books - on Amazon Kindle Flash Fiction Friday - A community writing project Shotgun Honey - a blast of fiction to blow your mind Home \| Twitter \| Facebook \|MySpace

01-15-2011, 09:08 PM	#4
Ron Phillips Are you terminal? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Some where under a deep blue sky. Posts: 4,109	Thanks Newt. If anyone could properly identify it, I knew it'd be you. My dad is the one who said it was a redtail. I was skeptical because it had a brown back with a white tipped tail. The pics of the Cooper's does look like what I saw when she lighted next to my window when I first saw her. __________________ Ron Earl Phillips Buy Ron's Books - on Amazon Kindle Flash Fiction Friday - A community writing project Shotgun Honey - a blast of fiction to blow your mind Home \| Twitter \| Facebook \|MySpace

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01-15-2011, 06:42 PM	#2
Newt Common cold fusion Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: On the mighty Cumberland Posts: 5,163	Neat! Looks to be a Cooper's hawk, not a redtail.