From the Backyard - The local redtail hawk

It doesn't take a lot of patience to be rewarded with a hawk siting or two on a daily basis from our patio. Our neighbors behind us have a large lot filled with large trees and in one of those trees live a mated pair of redtail hawks. I finally made sure I had my camera handy one day to try and get some good pictures and a little patience was well rewarded as one of the hawks spent some time climbing the thermals and I managed to capture a nice sequence of pictures.