Going to the Birds

It's no secret I'm a bird lover and this year I've been so lucky! There are at least two Swainson's Hawks nesting near our house and these past few days pretty much any time I'm outside it isn't long before I spot one. They love the tall willow and cottonwood trees, along with telephone polls and the open grassland. On Saturday I was commenting how cool it would be to see one catch something (like one of the 8 rabbits in our yard) and on Sunday...it was nature in 3D. It wasn't a rabbit, probably a vole but awesome! Trying to photograph birds is fun! You've got to be quick and ready but patient and able to sit for quite awhile.

Last Friday



Sunday lunch
I wasn't quite quick enough to get a good shot but I tried and if you look closely in the third picture you can see a mouse tail...? You probably have to click on the picture (drat you blogger.)





Monday Evening

Circling the sky for dinner, couldn't get a great shot.



Until later that same evening:










This morning when I was getting up I looked out the window to see one of the Hawk's flying window level right towards me! Totally wild. Of course Hawkie flew over the house to perch on a telephone pole. Good morning indeed!




And as soon as I pulled into the driveway today I saw one of the Hawkies perched again.