Red Tailed Hawk, to be exact. Lots of them around where I live. I drive to work and this fella is sitting on the same light post every day around 5pm.

Wonder what he's waitin' fer?

I stopped right below the light, opened my sunroof and took the picture. He never moved a muscle.

Cool Shot !!

NEAT!

I've seen more hawks around here the past couple of years than I have ever seen before.

good thing he didn't drop you a present while the sunroof was open!

Great shot

Is that wear you got that big leg you were chewing on in the other pic?

Those are beutiful birds. They are all around down here too. Good shot(as bad as I hate to say it). LOL!!

Not bad considering he was driving down the freeway when he took the picture.

^ aren't there laws in California about that.

Hey Shawn. I think he is waiting to crap in your sunroof.

That's ok.....He IS the law.

^ Just as I suspected

A couple of months ago, I saw one of these literally hovering in the air. The bird was able to use the breezes coming off a lake to keep itself aloft. He must have done that for at least the minute that it took to pass right underneath him, and over the hill.

Cool sight. Too bad I didn't have a camcorder (and I was driving) to record it.

Nice.

We had those around our home in the San Gabriel Mountains in California. They are local here in South Carolina except the crows are forever harassing them here.

The crows harass them here, too. I always wondered why they never just killed and ate the crows?

I mean... they're bigger... stronger... faster... sharper beaks and talons, too (aka better weaponry).

Couple of clarifications:

1) I was driving to work, so I was still in the suburbs at this point. I don't use the freeway to get to work, I take the back roads. MUCH faster.

2) I am not the law. I am a corrections officer, not a peace officer. My authority ends at the jail door. It's kinda like a well paid babysitter.

I think he's getting his timing down. X

They are beautiful birds.....

Charlie

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"It's kinda like a well paid babysitter."

Ever thought of being a CigarBid Forum Moderator?

^Does it pay $30 an hour?

Um... then that'd be a 'No'.

Birds are incredibly cool. Raptors, cooler yet.

I used to think that, well, there's blackbirds, crows, buzzards, seagulls, robins, a bluebird or two...that's about it--then I started paying attention.

Lots of birds.