Ok a few months ago i had posted a question regarding a "large bird" in the general forum. Without a pic it was hard to describe especially since I was trying to explain what i was told from my sisters. Now a week ago my little sister says that the same brid is back. I run outside in the pouring rain and confirm that it is a hawk, but not sure which kind. Anyway with another murder scene in my backyard with blood and feathers everywhere I decided to get my 40d, 70-200 and 2x put together. I paced back and forth in the backyard, constantly going from the front to the back yard non stop. When out of nowhere I hear a bunch of crows gawking and flying eratically. Thats when I saw the wide spread wings of a hawk or something as large just gracefully floating in the stiff breeze. It was an amazing site to be seen here in our neighborhood. Never in the 23 years living here have I ever seen a bird like this. Anyway, i snapped off a few shots of it when it finally landed ontop of a neighbors tree. All the shots were pretty crappy, it was windy and cold, and my fingers were going numb.
But here is the shot of the bird. What kind is it?
And now here are 2 shots I took today in Alpine at the state line lookout. Again was windy and cold and the sun had already started to go down so the bird was beyond backlit. What kind of bird is this?
