‘…k… (5°)
…I’m just gonna hafta…(15°)
…find the right angle…(50°)
…to where you start looking like you MAKE SOME DAMNED SENSE EHHN! (120°!!)’

Love it!

what a beautiful bird.

sassy too.

I love a good baroo!

This bird is not a red-tailed hawk–the shape of the head and the spotting on the breast doesn’t fit. I think it’s a short-toed snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus.

[If anyone would know, it'd be you. This from a guy who spent 2 years on the Audubon Expedition Institute, for real. Now, e'hem, about that Cute-ism there... http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Baroo - Ed.]

Yes, Kris- remember Snoopy doing the impersonation of the vulture? We had two that, for the longest time, sat on two lights in the parking lot very close to the entrance to a middle school. These things are huge! And they do stare one down.

‘Haweye’ was nick-named by his father for a lead character in oh, heck what book was it- “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fennimore Cooper. Why can I remember than and not where I just left my glasses? I’m not that old!

Teehee! Meg said “ass”. *snicker*

What I really love about this is the happy thought that, all over the world, there are CO fans tilting their heads on one side while sitting at their computers. Well, did YOU resist?!

Wasn’t the guy on Mash named Hawkeye Pierce? Think that was a pun?

Can’t believe I missed that this was a hawk and not an owl, though Barook Owlbama is definitely a total WIN!

Katrina, we have turkey vultures eeeeeeeverywhere. They are some nasty looking creatures. They sit on the streetlights and stare you down!!

We have Red-Tailed Hawks and Turkey Vultures that just own the skys around here. We have several highways, too, and the birds ride the thermals. It is so fun to watch. I haven’t seen this yet personally, but I’m still hoping- (goes and gets binoculars)- you’re not the only one marie_n! Our whole family will stop any activity for a good bird watch!

This is one crazy hawk. I belive that he is trying to tell you to get the heck out of his territory.