Red tailed hawk: not just a rewarding bird to see in the wild, not just a rewarding bird to identify by sound in every movie

But also apparently ubiquitous though the Americas with more colorways than other birds
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/red-tailed-hawk-subspecies-america-widespread
#red_tailed_hawks #red_tailed_hawk

Same bird as yesterday, different pose.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) at Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 24, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Mar31_birds_and_cats/2025mar24_hawk_IMG_3140c.html

#birds #hawk #red_tailed_hawks #Buteo #LakeThunderbird #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Also at https://1-john-moyer.pixels.com/featured/hawk-3140-john-moyer.html

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) at Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 24, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Mar31_birds_and_cats/2025mar24_hawk_IMG_3137c.html

#birds #hawk #red_tailed_hawks #Buteo #LakeThunderbird #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

Also at https://1-john-moyer.pixels.com/featured/hawk-3137-john-moyer.html