American hawk

In the garden of Muiden castle we saw a falconer with this beautiful hawk not more then a metre away and while we were talking to his handler I couldn’t resist taking a few shots of this bird.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Peter H]

Stunning.

[Kerri Michaels]

beautiful fav

[Nina Ganci]

how exciting to be so close to a majestic bird
amazing details

[Lou Ann]

A marvelous closeup! He’s a beauty.

[Joan Robillard]

Amazimg

[Sharon Lee]

Great close up head shot

[Babs]

what a beauty.

[Diana]

Magnificent capture Jacqueline, fav!

[Monique]

Prachtige close up

[Margo]

Fab shot

[Jacqueline]

@777margo @momamo @ludwigsdiana @onewing @sugarmuser @joansmor @louannwarren @ninaganci @moviegal1 @peadar @bkbinthecity @fbailey @4rky Thank you all for your great comments, fav’s and for putting this on the TP and the PP. I appreciate them all!

[Rob Z]

Such wonderful clarity.

[Pyrrhula]

Mooi vogel shot.

[Jacqueline]

@robz Thank you so much, I was a treat to see that bird so close :)

[Jacqueline]

@pyrrhula Bedankt Ferry!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Jacqueline]

@photographycrazy Thank you so much, I was glad he sat still!