#hawks

Oh yeah, we were at a fund raiser for disabled children, and this guy popped up. He did not have an invitation to the Spring day cake sale fundraiser, and worst of all, he enticed me to be rude, as I jumped

Early morning and he must have had a late night. It is a first for me to see the bird yawning, and I got him yawning a few times. It is a juvenile Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) and he was trying to

Predators are around, and the crows posted lookouts in their territory. I did not have to wait long to see some action, as the doves and smaller birds suddenly scattered into hiding. For the past few days,

There was no way that I could get around a palm tree to get the sun behind me. This was too good to worry about the position of the sun, and I just had to cope with the conditions. The African Harrier

I have a mix of photos in here, and I will open with a silhouette of a Harrier Hawk. The light was not ideal for photography in the sky, but I decided to give it a go. Too early to get clear shots of the

He came over very high up, and I zoomed him on the wrong camera setting. It is a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), and his dive is the fastest of all the birds in the world. I have 3 shots of the falcon,

...and look what was sitting on a lamp post in the road. Early morning and my habit is to always open the curtains when I sit down in our study. And so, when I saw the bird on the lamb post, it galvanised

I missed this guy's take off at my first attempt, but patience was my reward. They are very fast in the take off and one has to be quick to snap, as the take offs are not regular and can take place in

…as I caught him weighing his options to grab a Hadeda youngster. The only problem for the hawk, was that the hadeda youngster sat next to his parents. The juvenile African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus)

It was a junior African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroidus typus) and he knew that I was watching him, but he decided to ignore me. Mrs. Google will show you all about these hawks in Wikipedia HERE I don’t know

It is a big Harrier Hawk bird of prey (Polyboroides typus). So, let's go and see what he was watching. A good start to the day, as we had one of those rare sunny mornings. Winter is approaching, and most

We have many raptors here, and I will share some in flight. First a Harrier Hawk, then a couple of Ravens and finally a Jackal Buzzard. All of them in flight, and it's always an issue to identify some

I think that the new youngster was hassling his mom for food. Young and beautiful! You can see that its head was still developing. The African harrier-hawk, harrier hawk or gymnogene (Polyboroides typus)

What I can say, is that it's never easy to get something like this. I tried to get the crow on the moon's face, but it swung away at the last moment. Not that I mind, as I have posted birds and planes

Not for sensitive souls, as the damage to the victim is sad. The victim (Harrier Hawk) tried to hide from the crows in this palm tree. I did not know about the damage to the hawk, until I opened the downloaded

The bird nest raider has arrived to scrutinize the area. This is a big raptor bird, and it has a wide wingspan. Its wingspan was designed to lift heavy prey and its power can even enable it to lift small

I said, lady Star I will share another surprise. Lady Star is a female Red-winged Starling, and you can see how dubious she looked at me, when I answered her question noted in the title of this post. Apologies

Not every day that you will see something like this. A juvenile African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) was scratching around for rodent nests on the husks of a high palm tree trunk. I know that they

The call gave them away, as when I heard it, I was out in a flash. The female African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) was scouting around for a new nesting place. I knew how to find them, as they love

I heard the squeals, but my problem was to find his hiding place. Not easy to find him, but common sense told me that he would be in the same tree that I found his mother with her prey before. I did post