Leave me alone!

Driving back from town the other day I saw this huge red-tailed hawk in a tree at the side of the road. I take my camera with me everywhere I go these days and I'd been searching for a hawk - I've seen several, but not with camera in hand.

Aha - I thought - I found one! But this huge red-tail had other ideas. As soon as I got out of the car it took off - didn't go far, about 50 yards and up a long drive...where it perched on top of the hydro pole. From where I stood by the car I took this shot. But then I got back in the car and slowly,carefully manoeuvered my way up the rutted drive.

When I stopped, immediately the hawk swooped low over the field headed down the hill and away from me - hesitated at the next hydro pole and decided to go on to the barnyard where there were obviously better pickings and no nosy woman with a camera following. It obviously wanted to be left alone to hunt.

The head of this bird was a glossy bronze and when it flew - the tail shone copper - I so wish I could have captured that kind of picture - Maybe I need to get out my old SLR...all the better to capture those who want to be left alone or who are way to fast for my impatient tracking methods.