Hawk, Mississippi River levee, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Jan-01
I keep trying to get a good photograph of a hawk – got a halfway decent one in New York when visiting my family for Christmas actually, and today happened to see a hawk in a tree on the levee. Dashed home and got the camera… tried a new “stalking” technique, and managed to get just a little closer. I have no idea what kind of hawk this is; sifting through the hawks and raptors at the online Cornell Bird Guide leaves me thinking it is perhaps a Swainson’s Hawk, going by the chest markings, but that species isn’t supposed to be in this area. If anyone knows what it is, let me know!
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