I have been trying to get a good shot of a Zone-tailed Hawk for quite sometime now. For some reason, the ones I see are very shy and fly away as soon as they see me.
This guy took off right away, but flew over me for about 10 seconds before flying far away, so I was able to snap a couple of pictures of this beautiful bird:
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Great picture Nasim, you really have quite a talent. Hope all is well with you
Miller, long time no see! Thank you for stopping by and visiting our blog :)
We should get together sometime!
it is a rough-legged hawk
Joe, are you sure about this? I thought rough-legged hawks are supposed to have white wings with two black stripes?
Yes, positive, they come in a dark phase.
Joe