Very hot.
And when you have 3 grandchildren visiting, the LAST thing they want to do is sit around inside with airconditioning comfort. No sirree! We must do SOMETHING. So that something turned in to riding the Philly Double Decker Big Bus and see all the sights! Not the air conditioned trolly. Nope! Must be on the top of the bus in the 100 degree heat.
Thankfully we went in the morning and there were few riders. Go figure. I've done this bus tour at least 4 times with guests when coming to Philly. It's always fun and I learn something new each time.
But this time ... THIS TIME ... I had a real treat.
OK ... fellow birdie bloggers ... tell me which hawk is this. Is it a Cooper's?
Imagine my excitement when I spotted this guy at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He was so beautiful!
So regal.
So royal.
So curious.
And so condescending to those below him.
I'm not sure how Rocky felt about that.
I can just hear Rocky calling out: Adrian! Get him off of me!
Sorry Rocky, clearly this Hawk was the Champion of the day!
Thanks for dropping by, dear friends.
And no, we didn't run up the 72 Rocky Steps at the museum.
Thanks for dropping by, dear friends.
And no, we didn't run up the 72 Rocky Steps at the museum.
~ sharing with ~
71 comments:
Oh how cool. Great post.
Marvelous captures and I do love the hawk! What a beautiful bird he is, Reena! Hope you have a great weekend! Happy SWF!
Sylvia
Red-tailed Hawk...just gorgeous!
Very beautiful!! And WHAT?? No steps?? Dont you know, it is all part of the experience?? BOL!! Just couldnt resist that!!
wags
Jazzi
Amazing photos, Reena. I don't know what kind of hawk it is but it's magnificent! Sorry about the heat. We would love to have just a bit of it here!
WOW .. great shots of the Hawk.
Have a happy weekend... stay cool !!
You never cease to amaze with what you see, AND the way you capture it and share it. The hawk is just beautiful, and on Rocky's glove to boot! What a great little tease and reveal.
As for the heat and taking the grandkids out, now I'm starting to wonder about grandparenthood! ;)
is truly spectacular, beautiful!
Have a great day!!
oa.s
Hi there - cant be of any held with the hawk (sorry!) - but I can tell you that it a great set of pictures.
Stewart M - Australia
Looks like a Cooper to me. Nice shots.
Beautiful shots, and I love where he chose to survey his kingdom. Isn't it exciting when you see a critter that you didn't expect to see, in a place where you didn't expect to see it?
Ah the things we will do for kids!
Love Mr.hawk
I have a few around here but never out with the camera at the right time
Have a wonderful weekend
Try to stay cool
he is BEAUTIFUL!!! i love how you led up to the fact he was perched on Rocky's glove. just makes me LAUGH!!!
i at first thought coopers too. but after consulting my ever-so-thorough and sometimes confusing Crossley ID guide, i have to agree with the commenter above that said red-tailed hawk. the white chest bib he's wearing definitely is red-tail. the coopers has spots all the way from throat down.
i LOVE this post!
Sounds like a fun time - albeit a hot one - with your grandkids. I'm no expert - but I think it's a red-tailed hawk??? Enjoy your time together!
OMG! I'm as excited just seeing the photos!! :-)
Don't you love how kids are oblivious to the weather!! Ha!
Love your photos of the hawk. They are so pretty. We have lots here too but they look a little different then this one.
Wishing you a terrific weekend!
xo Catherine
Great captures! Entertaining children in summer heat is challenging, especially this year. Sounds like you are having lots of fun despite the heat.
Wow what a capture! Oh Yes, we headed to a cave in the local area...53° it was on the inside...That was the best hour we spent and surprising the grandkids loved it...Ahhhhhh!
These pictures are stunning of a beautiful hawk!
This makes me wonder what sort of vermin are at the museum, because I doubt this hawk was sitting there admiring the view. I love hawks! We have a Cooper's Hawk that hangs out on our power lines in the winter, and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks who live here year-round.
Reena! These are fantastic! I have no idea what kind of hawk he is, but he's magnificent. How sweet of him to pose for you like that. :)
He's so beautiful. Wonderful captures!
Great pictures!
Thanks to your grandchildren's adventurous spirits you did not 'miss this moment'!!
Fabulous picture and I beleive the yellow around the beak might be the sign of a Cooper's but I'll check my birding book.
Thanks for sharing.
Madi and Mom
you have been rewarded.....for allowing the grandchildren to torture you!! awesome shots of the red tailed hawk!!!!
You take such beautiful photos!
Isn't that a fitting spot for him to survey his kingdom?
I didn't know there even was a Rocky statue! Loved the gradual reveal!
ROFLMBO! That was a good one, Reena! I'm still crackin' up! =)
Wow, stunning shots. He's a beauty. I'd have been super excited too. Temps supposed to be at 104F here today, I can't do this heat.
that is hilarious!! how nice of him to sit there long enough for you get get these great captures!
What a sight, really great capture! And I really enjoyed your amazing photos of the butterflies below, beautiful!
I wish you a nice weekend :)
such a ham for the camera he was ... love the series and i imagine your grand kids were excited to see it...
Well I would say that you got compensated for enduring the heat today. What a gorgeous bird and your photos are fabulous. I don't know my hawks though so I couldn't say which one it was
Just amazing. I don't think I'll ever see anything like that here! ;)
what a gorgeous bird. those shots on the rocky statue are great!!
A beauty of a bird; and that last shot is priceless.
Excellent.
Very, very cool! Love the statue, too :)
Wow, wonderful captures of the Hawk. And what a neat place to land on Rocky's statue. I can not imagine riding on the top of a tour bus in this heat. You are great.
Great series. I loved the kicker at the end. :)
These shots made braving the heat all worth it! Wonderful!!! Sorry, don't know my hawks but I always find them stunning.
That's awesome!
I love the place he decided to perch:)
Beautiful images Reena... then the reveal priceless lol
A lovely post.
Those are amazing shots! I would guess red-tailed, but am too lazy to get up and go look at my books!
what a fantastic gift you were given!!!
and what a handsome fella:)
-Jennifer
What a great sport that guy was. Great shots!
Fabulous encounter and super images.
These are just wonderful shots.
That is a wonderful bird, I love your photos of him.
I like this post
I've been hearing one flying around overhead but haven't spotted him yet. These are great photos!
good sequence of pics. You had to be off the bus at the time - right?
I was lucky to get a few shots of a hawk this year. Maybe they are coming back.
Oh he is so beautiful! What great shots. Today i think I saw an eagle. Well, 2 really. One was flying away and I could swear it had a white head. The second was in the neighbors hard eating something! No camera in my hand!
Such amazing shots! I love that last one that shows where the bird is perched.
omg....that hawk is amazing !
and sitting on rocky's glove...well, he's a gutsy thing isn't he :)
what a fantastic grandma you are to do what the grandkids wanted to do in this heat....wow. i'm not sure i could have handled it.
Wow - great photos and beautifully presented.
He's magnificent - and what amazing captures you got!
What a magnificent creature! Great photos.
Excellent post and photos, too.
Regards!
Great post! Like the way you sequence the shots.
Rosie
What a fabulous post .. love the reveal at the end!
Here's a Cooper's Hawk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haroldstiver/4192815938/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haroldstiver/5237377711/
Here's a Sharp Shinned:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21019806@N05/2314498819/
And here's what I believe you've got, which is a red-tailed hawk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534802@N02/1793625895/
Beautiful photos. Excellent capture on the statue, too.
Hi Reena, I found your blog through Tricia Hays blog. Fab photos! I have really enjoyed poking around in here. I will be back!
Terrific shots!
Haha great post and GREAT bird!!!
Thanks and i hope you have a great sunday
Leontien
Ha! I can hear him too, cute! Lovely captures, getting a good shot like that isn't easy!
~Andrea
Awesome shots and what a buildup, just the way Rocky would have done it. I can hear Survivor
It's the eye of the tiger, it's
the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger ....
i love love love these! i love hawks!
now those were some MOMENTS! excellent!
I really have no idea, but it looks like a falcon to me. Either way, those are some amazing photos of an awesome looking predator.
Thanks!
You must have been surprise by this winner, indeed ! It is magnificent, though, and you did quite an impressive job by taking those pics, bravo !
I love this series. It looks like a Cooper's hawk to me. Here's where we enter the twilight zone. I was looking at a series of hawk pictures for my B&W weekend when I happened to scroll down to last weeks' weekend reflections and saw your hawk.
When I rescanned my images a few weeks ago, I did some research because I wanted to know which hawk. Yep, it's a coopers.
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