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This beautiful red-shouldered #hawk was just hanging out at eye level right off the trail, waiting for folks to marvel over him.

In #sanfrancisco 's GGP, near the 25th St entrance.

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Swede’s Photographs

@Swede1952@universeodon.com · 5 days ago

Hawk in the High Light

This is a broad‑winged hawk (Buteo platypterus). I haven’t seen one recently, and I captured this image some time ago. Every time I’ve spotted one, it’s been high overhead, making it tough to get a detailed, close‑up shot.

Check out breathtaking photos of magnificent birds of prey, visit my photo gallery here:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #hawk #birdofprey #raptor #BroadWingedHawk

"A broad‑winged hawk glides overhead, suspended in a clean, endless blue sky. You see it from below, as if you’re standing in a clearing and it has chosen that exact moment to pass above you. Its wings are spread wide—broad, rounded, and powerful—each feather catching the sunlight in a slightly different shade of brown, cream, and charcoal. The patterning is striking: dark bands along the trailing edges of the wings, pale mottling across the chest and belly, and a tail marked with bold, even stripes that look almost painted on.

The hawk’s body is compact and muscular, built for soaring on rising air. From this angle, the bird feels both close and unreachable—its silhouette sharp, its motion effortless. There’s a sense of quiet authority in the way it holds itself aloft, as though the sky belongs to it alone. The simplicity of the background, nothing but blue, makes the hawk’s details even more vivid: the layered feathers, the barred tail, the subtle curve of the wings as they adjust to invisible currents.

It’s a moment of stillness and motion at once—an intimate glimpse of a wild creature doing exactly what it was made to do." - Microsoft Copilot — "A broad‑winged hawk glides overhead, suspended in a clean, endless blue sky. You see it from below, as if you’re standing in a clearing and it has chosen that exact moment to pass above you. Its wings are spread wide—broad, rounded, and powerful—each feather catching the sunlight in a slightly different shade of brown, cream, and charcoal. The patterning is striking: dark bands along the trailing edges of the wings, pale mottling across the chest and belly, and a tail marked with bold, even stripes that look almost painted on. The hawk’s body is compact and muscular, built for soaring on rising air. From this angle, the bird feels both close and unreachable—its silhouette sharp, its motion effortless. There’s a sense of quiet authority in the way it holds itself aloft, as though the sky belongs to it alone. The simplicity of the background, nothing but blue, makes the hawk’s details even more vivid: the layered feathers, the barred tail, the subtle curve of the wings as they adjust to invisible currents. It’s a moment of stillness and motion at once—an intimate glimpse of a wild creature doing exactly what it was made to do." - Microsoft Copilot

Swede’s Photographs

@Swede1952@universeodon.com · 5 days ago

Hawk in the High Light

Check out breathtaking photos of magnificent birds of prey, visit my photo gallery here:

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #hawk #birdofprey #raptor #BroadWingedHawk

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Mark C

@mchesner@mastodon.world · 6 days ago

The red-shouldered hawk relocated to the side yard and resumed his hunt for lunch. He found it somewhere along Madison Avenue!

#BirdWatching #Hawk #RedShoulderedHawk #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

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Mark C

@mchesner@mastodon.world · 6 days ago

The red-shouldered hawk relocated to the side yard and resumed his hunt for lunch. He found it somewhere along Madison Avenue!

#BirdWatching #Hawk #RedShoulderedHawk #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

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Equinox :therian: :Equihold:

@Equinox@squawk.social · 6 days ago

It's time to give myself a fresh look!

For a while now, I've had an anthro ref of my birb, but I've always regarded him as feral gryph first and foremost. I've been really itching to get myself a proper feral gryph ref and ended up commissioning ThlaylisDen!

As a bonus, this ref also includes me as a feral hawk. Look at me showing off my pretty feathers ^v^

Thank you so much for drawing him, he looks so precious <333

(PS: my anthro ref will still be relevant for when I'm getting more fursuit stuff!)

#Hawk #Avian #Bird #Gryphon #Griffin #Furry #FurryArt #Refsheet #Feral

Reference sheet of Equinox the feral red-tailed hawk and mountain lion gryphon. It includes a side view, a view of the wings and tails from both side, a pose where he's holding a feral red-tailed hawk (non-gryph) version of himself on a falconry glove and a view of that hawk flying and about to perch on his glove.