![With the wings spread open, it is easy to see the beautiful stripes in the feathers. 1/640sec, f5.6, ISO800](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0032.jpg?resize=474%2C474)
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![The lines of the wings and the neck are just beautiful. 1/800sec, f5.6, ISO800](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0058.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
1/800sec, f5.6, ISO800
I had some lovely photo opportunities yesterday while out walking with the dog, both of the heron that I posted earlier, and of this beautiful bird. I have tried to determine what type it is, and think that it could be one of several different types of hawks. But while looking through birding websites and photos, I realized that photos I posted earlier, of what I thought to be a cooper’s hawk, may in fact have been a juvenile northern harrier. Regardless of what we call them, they are wonderful to watch. Maybe one of these days, I will see them under blue skies rather than the stark grey we had yesterday. At least it waited to rain until after I got in the car!
Update: I ran into a lovely couple from the Alouette Field Naturalists group, and they took a look at these photos and told me this is an Osprey. They had been watching an Osprey rebuilding a nest that had been taken over by a Canada goose.
![Things happened quite quickly, and I am not sure if the hawk went towards the tree to tae a branch, or mistimed a landing and ending up breaking the branch off. 1/500sec, f5.6, ISO1100](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0011.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
1/500sec, f5.6, ISO1100
![After gathering up a smaller clump of branches, the hawk landed on the top of a power pole. 1/500sec, f5.6, ISO1100](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0034.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
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![As we got closer, the hawk got ready to take off again. 1/500sec, f5.6, ISO800](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0038.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
1/500sec, f5.6, ISO800
![1/1000sec, f5.6, ISO800](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0056.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
![1/1000sec, f5.6, ISO800](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0057.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
![The angle of the light was just right for a silhouette photo. Right after this, the hawk was gone. 1/1000sec, f5.6, ISO450](http://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dsc_0064.jpg?resize=474%2C314)
1/1000sec, f5.6, ISO450