Our Local Hawk

Hawk, originally uploaded by Alida's Photos.

We have a visitor just about every afternoon. He sits on the condo balcony and watches the lawn below.

All of a sudden he will swoop down and catch a vole or field mouse.

It's wonderful to see!

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Hawk at the Teddy Roosevelt Sanctuary

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Red-tailed Hawk

Today at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center in Oyster Bay, there was an exhibit of birds in captivity.

There also was a Long Island camera shop standing by, to give tips on photographing wildlife.

(Of course they also wanted to sell camera equipment, but they were not aggressively selling.)

It turned out to be a wonderful experience and I got to see and photograph some beautiful birds!

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