Here and There!

It’s Monday at noon, we’ve had several days of low temperature weather and last night apparently warmed enough to rain all night. Now that the rain has stopped it’s getting cold again.

Yesterday afternoon was windy and cold, the sky stayed gray all day. While I was doing some work at the computer, my wife came to tell me to look outside toward the deck…I did, there it was a female Cooper’s Hawk standing on the deck’s hand railing. The most beautiful that I’ve seen so far, she was big, her feathers were long and almost covering her legs and talons, the wind made the feathers to sway from side to side. I did not have my camera ready! I graved my binoculars and took a look through the window…what a beauty! She was looking around, then quickly drop to the other side of the deck, i grabbed my camera and attached the lens hoping to catch at least one shot if she was still walking on the grass. As soon as I was ready to take the first shot she flew off out of my reach…Rats!

There are other birds not so shy that love to pose for me though so don’t worry, I got some pictures I shot here and there!

14 thoughts on “Here and There!”

susanpoozan on November 18, 2014 at 10:49 am said:

Well, at least you have seen the hawk close up, not miles high in the sky. Your other pictures were very good.

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- avian101 on November 18, 2014 at 11:36 am said:
  
  Thank you Susan! Yes it was good, raptors are usually beautiful! 🙂
  
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María on November 18, 2014 at 2:01 pm said:

Son deliciosos!!!
Un abrazo, HJ…

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- avian101 on November 18, 2014 at 2:14 pm said:
  
  Te agradezco mucho y un gran abrazo para ti también! 🙂
  
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clarepooley33 on November 18, 2014 at 5:49 pm said:

A lovely description of the hawk to go with the beautiful photos of your avian visitors!

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- avian101 on November 18, 2014 at 6:36 pm said:
  
  Thanks Clare! I appreciate your words! 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on November 18, 2014 at 7:08 pm said:

Sweet pictures.

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- avian101 on November 18, 2014 at 7:15 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tom! 🙂
  
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mihrank on November 18, 2014 at 7:12 pm said:

inspirational & classical images!

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- avian101 on November 18, 2014 at 7:16 pm said:
  
  Thanks M. 🙂
  
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sheryldevore on November 19, 2014 at 8:40 am said:

One bird I rarely see here in Lake County Illinois is the Tufted Titmouse! There aer some places in Illinois where they are everywhere. I have documented a pair nesting at Ryerson Woods in Lake County Illinois, but alas, so many years feeding birds in my backyard and still no titmouse!

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- avian101 on November 19, 2014 at 9:47 am said:
  
  It happens like that with other birds too but one day you’ll be surprised! By the way the T.T. love sunflower seeds dark and with shell.
  Thanks Sheryl for sharing! 🙂
  
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andromeda65 on November 20, 2014 at 8:44 am said:

Awww…I know it can be really frustrating when you miss such a moment! Hope you are able to capture a glimpse another time…. Thanks for these lovely photographs, HJ! 🙂

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- avian101 on November 20, 2014 at 10:45 am said:
  
  Thank you very much dear A.! 🙂
  
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