Front Porch Visitor

[Ombligo]

This Red Shouldered Hawk landed on my front porch rail and was kind enough to sit for a portrait. I see him around my front yard pretty regularly, but this was the first time he let me get close (about 8 feet) to snap a picture with my SX50.

[Pam]

Nice! How lucky to get such a visitor!

[vision63]

oooohhhhh! Look how pretty!

[DP]

Nice! Sittin' pretty...

[hal]

that's a beautiful shot! I see those guys around here all the time.

[NewtonMP2100]

....that's Hawk....where is Dove.....??

[Kraniac]

Gorgeous birdy, just as gorgeous color photograph..lovely light where that green wash background at head level drops to deeper green below the neck and a bit of a suggestion of magenta in the feathers interacting with the green...

lovely.

[testcase]

Nice shot! :boink:

[freeradical]

I wish some of those would frequent my neighborhood. I often see rats making the rounds along the top 2x4 of my fence.

[Racer X]

That hawk has some serious attitude!