As I was scouting the area around my place for Red-tailed Hawks I came across this beauty of a bird; the uncommon and threatened Northern Hawk Owl. This was a lifer for me and was an experience I'll not soon forget. It was hunting from telephone wires and was quite obliging for photos, occasionally getting annoyed at me or frustrated with the lack of prey and flying a little farther down. I got a few good looks at it fortunately and here are some of my photos.
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| Northern Hawk Owl |
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| Northern Hawk Owl |
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| Northern Hawk Owl |
A neat surprise lifer in a place I'd never expect to see one of these birds... a power line near my own home surrounded by fields. These birds are very rarely seen outside the boreal forest, perched atop dead trees, except in migration where apparently they are not confined to their regular woodland haunts... and I'm glad for that.
