Red Tail Hawks offer a large variety of intriguing looks. But every now and then an exceptionally endowed model appears to light up the Red Tail Fashion Show Runway...or flyway, as the case may be. In any case, when Red Tail Hawks put on a show it is a show well worth seeing.
As always, nearly all my photos are captured within about 15 miles of my home in the Flint Hills of Kansas. The following sequences of photos were shot 3/3,13,14/2023.
THE DAILY BUCKET IS A NATURE REFUGE. WE AMICABLY DISCUSS ANIMALS, WEATHER, CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, WATERS AND NOTE LIFE’S PATTERNS.
WE INVITE YOU TO NOTE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AROUND YOU IN YOUR OWN PART OF THE WORLD, AND TO SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY OF THE DAILY BUCKET FEATURE, CHECK OUT THIS DIARY: DAILY BUCKET PHENOLOGY: 11 YEARS OF RECORDING EARTH'S VITAL SIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
At home on my range not all days are shiny and bright. Sometimes the skies are cloudy all day. Red Tail Hawks put on a show almost every day if you go to whatever lengths are necessary to see it.
Our runway show pics were chosen with pose priority rather than technical perfection. You tend to get more interesting poses after a hawk has bolted and put distance between you and it. Like many other natural beings it may decide to turn around in order to measure just what level of threat you are. THAT is when you have a chance to get the best pics of a hawk coming in the check you out.
That closes the Red Tail show, but now it is time for YOUR show. Light it up!