first sighting

Chippewa Nature center today; walked a short way across the parking lot to our trail and this guy flew right down the trail towards us and landed in a nearby tree….an auspicious start to our day!
Not good with raptor identification…some sort of hawk?

[jackie edwards]

good capture of that eye!!!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful closeup of the bird.

[moni kozi]

What a great shot!

[Yao RL]

What a lovely place with so many fascinating bird.

[Diana]

Beautifully captured with lovey details.

[KV]

Stellar focus.

[Jennie B.]

Really nice close up!

[Steve Jacob]

Nice of it to pose for you

[Peter H]

I think it's a merlin, there are quite a few sub-species and I wouldn't know which this is. Nice shot.

[Linda Godwin]

Great shot of him

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Bill]

Really nice when they fly in and pose for your. This is a juvenile Red-Tailed. Nice shot.

[Milanie]

He sure started your trip off well

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Anne Pancella]

I agree with juvenile red-tailed hawk. Great shot.

[Nina Ganci]

wow
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