Look who stopped by outside my office window this afternoon. Maybe looking for a little late lunch?
Pretty sure it's a red-tailed hawk, they're the most common raptor here. Glad I'm not a mouse.
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Stevil 
impressive looking guy/gal
What a pretty critter. Nice photos, really nice. He looks cold! lol
I have a bear of a time telling a red tailed from a red shouldered, to me it looks more like the latter but I'm seriously lacking in raptor id.
We have hawks, owles, quale and cyotes in our neighborhood.
What a gorgeous visitor.
how nice that you were able to snap a pic…usually my subjects (mostly my children) move away by the time I get my camera ready.
Looks like a psychopomp to me. Guess that's it for you, buddy. :(
Amazing!
Beautiful! I love red-tailed hawks. And birds of prey in general.This particular hawk looks like he or she is all "What? It's Friday! Can't a bird sit on a lightpost and kick back for a bit for the weekend? Sheesh."
What great shots! I can't believe it just sat there long enough for you to snap pictures.
I to am amazed that you were able to get such a close shot. I often see the hawks around here perched on highway signs and the telephone poles. I have never gotten a picture of them though because I am either moving to fast (on the highway) headed somewhere in a hurry, or I do not have a camera with me that is good enough to get a close up shot.
I don't know if he was cold, but it had just finished raining for a spell, and I think he was fluffing up after getting wet.
I hadn't noticed him (the window was at my back) but someone came in to talk to me and stopped mid-sentence and said, "Whoa — look at that bird!"
Hah! I didn't think he looked like he was having that great of an afternoon.
BBL — the funny thing is that he hung out for maybe close to 10 minutes on that pole, hardly moving.
country_cinderella — I've gotten in the habit of keeping my camera in my briefcase — that way its at work, at home and even in the car most of the time. That light pole was really close to my window and the camera's zoom caught him pretty good.
Amazing!