Sunday, July 7, 2013

Broad-winged Hawk

















As we drove home from kayaking the other day we had the distinct pleasure of an encounter with this beautiful little Broad-winged Hawk.  We were driving slowly down an old logging road when we came around a corner and this hawk, who had been sitting in the road, flew up into a tree.  It's not that uncommon to run across these guys while driving the back roads of northern Minnesota, but usually they fly further into the trees and you can't see them.  This one landed on a branch in a tree right next to the road and sat there for a minute or two before flying away.  I was able to get several nice shots of it.  It was definitely a nice little bonus to our day!

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