Bird of Prey

Bird of Prey

Originally uploaded by DustyReins.

I got real lucky taking photos of this Swainson’s Hawk just south of I-40 near Vega, Texas. There was another species of hawk really kicking up a fuss from a fencepost nearby and every one in a while it would take to wing then return to the post.

All the while, I just clicked away using my car at first as a blind. Eventually I just got out of the car and walked up to the tree shooting all the way. The hawk then took to wing making the other noisy hawk really mad! He spent a number of minutes circling around above me then took off in a direction opposite from my subject’s flight path. You can view the whole series of photos including the hawks in the CaptiveImage.us Multi-Media Gallery where most of my photography work in recent times is available for viewing.