Raptors, Owls, and Vultures

The owl is from HawkTalk, a raptor rehab center run by Monteen McCord in North Georgia (http://www.hawktalk.org). It could not be returned to the wild and is an ambassador for the center. Scanned 35mm negative (6W012)

On TVA land near the Lake Guntersville Dam, Alabama (IMG_7593)

Not good at identifying hawks, but I think this is an immature red tailed hawk. It is perched on one of the bars on the pole where I hang my bird feeders. Guess it is hoping for a tasty fat dove or one of those furry critters on the ground that glean seeds that fall from the feeders. Taken from the middle of my kitchen through double paned glass doors, Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_3736)

Not good a identifying hawks, but I think this is an immature red tailed hawk. It is perched on one of the bars on the pole where I hang my bird feeders. Taken from the middle of my kitchen through double paned glass doors, Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_3735)

Not good at identifying hawks, but I think this is an immature red tailed hawk. It is perched on one of the bars on the pole where I hang my bird feeders. Taken from the middle of my kitchen through double paned glass doors, Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_3732)

As I was watching the birds at my feeders, this one swooped into the woods across the driveway and settled low in the trees. The birds left the feeder as it arrived but returned almost immediately. Guess they weren't worried about it. I think it was probably after one of the furry critters that live in that area. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0792)

In my woods, Etowah County, Alabama. This bird was about 90 feet away. I was lucky the camera focused through the trees. (IMG_0645)

This guy had been whoo whooing in my woods for several days. Usually all I ever see of it, is it swooping through the woods. I finally got lucky. I saw it land. It was quite far away, silhouetted against late afternoon sun, but my new Canon SX 30 IS with its 35x optical zoom proved its worth. Focused well through the trees, had good low light exposure, great image stabilization, and sufficient megapixels that I could crop it to this size. Good thing too, because he swooped off before I could take a second photo. (IMG_0500)

Perry Works Road, Etowah, County, Alabama (IMG_4658)

Perry Works Road, Etowah, County, Alabama (IMG_4663)

Soaring over my house in Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0583)

On a saguaro in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (DSC03298)

Buteo lineatus - Taken in JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida. Scanned 35mm negative (2K016)

Buteo lineatus - JN Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida. Scanned 35mm negative. ( 2J033)

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) - taken October 1987 in the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. Scanned 35m negative. (1H023)

A hawk from a rehab center. It could not be returned to the wild and is an ambassador for the center. Scanned 35mm negative (6W015)

Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (IMG_2589)

An owl from a rehab center. It could not be returned to the wild and is an ambassador for the center. Scanned 35mm negative. (6W007)