Zone-tailed Hawk close-up photos

Yesterday I spotted a Zone-tailed Hawk perched at mid-day in the thicket at Frontera Audubon in Weslaco, TX. I did not get a usable photo a...

Zone-tailed Hawk-close up views

This is the Zone-tailed Hawk I found this afternoon in Caballo State Park in New Mexico. If you look close at it's feet it has some pre...

Zone-tailed Hawk in New Mexico

This afternoon I stopped at Caballo State Park just south of Truth-and-Consequence, New Mexico for a break in my drive back home to Colorado...

Awful raggedy Zone-tailed Hawk

While I was birding on Blue Heaven Road just a few hundred yards south of the Paton's yard I spotted this raptor that looked like a poss...

Zone-tailed Hawks being seen again at Frontera Audubon Center

I hadn't been back to Frontera Audubon Center since it looked like the Zone-tailed Hawks would not be perching or roosting in same locat...

Anzalduas Zone-tailed Hawk in flight

This is one of the pics I got during the second time I watched the Zone-tailed Hawk flew in at low altitude over Anzalduas County Park today...

Zone-tailed Hawk flying close over Anzalduas Co. Park

Today while birding in an area of Anzalduas County Park with a lot of trees am adult Zone-tailed Hawk essentially strafed (like an airplane)...

This Zone-tailed Hawk is a juvenile

When I looked more closely with my spotting scope at this Zone-tailed Hawk at El Zacatel, I could see it was in juvenal plumage. The bottom...

Zone-tailed Hawk, perched in new location

Two days ago I drove by El Zacatel where a series of resacas provide excellent habitat for a good diversity of waterbirds, waterfowl and ot...

Juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk @ El Zacatel, TX

Short video clip of the juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk I spotted perched in a deciduous tree in the El Zacatel,TX area. The hawk demonstrates a...

Adult Zone-tailed on roost early tonight

I got done with some things a little early so stopped at Frontera Audubon early tonight and found the adult Zone-tailed apparently already o...

Found the adult Zone-tailed Hawk on roost

After days of cloudy and frequently mist-rainy skies, the sun was out when I got to Frontera Audubon this morning so all the vultures and (p...

Zone-tailed Hawk, perched in the rain

I didn't get over to Frontera Audubon in Weslaco yesterday (Jan 3) because I was participating in the Bentsen Christmas Bird Count on th...

Spotted the juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk perched again today

A Zone-tailed a day keeps the doldrums away--that's how it's worked so far even on a cold rainy day like today. I did drive over to...

A second Zone-tailed Hawk, an adult--for sure

I found this Zone-tailed Hawk this afternoon perched in a tree on Frontera Audubon Center's property. As soon as I spotted it I knew it...

Zone-tailed Hawk, down for a drink--appears there was just one hawk

These are photos I got of the juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk that I spotted at a pond day before yesterday. It was there to drink water--it dran...

Zone-tailed Hawk, ?? more likely the same juvenile

[post note, 12/30: as noted in next post I now believe there has only been one Zone-tailed Hawk, a juvenile] As I noted in an earlier post,...

Juv. Zone-tailed Hawk: interesting photos

The top pic gives a good view of the undertail feathers that in juvenile Zone-tailed Hawks is whitish with narrow black bands. The middle p...

Juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk

I found this juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk this morning while doing the Weslaco,TX Christmas Bird Count. This neotropical hawk is a regular vis...