OT Backyard visitor this morning

[Charlie58]

We live almost in the center of town and this fellow decided to use our back yard as a place to rest and get some relief from the rain.
Sorry about the image quality, my canon was in the car so I had to use a point and shot from my desk drawer.

 

[moishesmom]

Beautiful shot - that looks like a big one!

 

[BHam]

That is a really nice shot! I wish the city offered more interesting visitors.

 

[K9Luvr]

Awesome! I love hawks.

 

[Lisa66]

Gorgeous! I'll bet you get a lot of birds with those big trees.

 

[waylonjessi4ever]

K9 you can have ours ,he is killing our small birds saw him grab one this morning ....

 

[K9Luvr]

K9 you can have ours ,he is killing our small birds saw him grab one this morning ....

Sadly, I hate when that happens. Seems like we get more hawks looking for food with all of the development around us. We even had a bald eagle visit for a few days. Talk about a BIG bird! The hawk that lives in our neighboorhood regularly swoops thru our backyards, not much more than 10 feet off the ground, chasing some other bird as prey.

 

[EleanorR]

Raptors gotta eat too. There are lots of hawks around here; just be careful about small pets being outside unattended!

 

[plantlvr]

Nice photo Charlie! I too love birds of prey and yep they gotta eat too. I think I have a owl living in a big palm tree in my front yard. I'm finding what looks like 'owl pellets' at the base. Lots of interesting stuff, mouse feet, fur, feathers, bones, other stuff i can't ID all in a nice, neat little pile.

 

[EleanorR]

Nice photo Charlie! I too love birds of prey and yep they gotta eat too. I think I have a owl living in a big palm tree in my front yard. I'm finding what looks like 'owl pellets' at the base. Lots of interesting stuff, mouse feet, fur, feathers, bones, other stuff i can't ID all in a nice, neat little pile.

8-o 8-o 8-o !!!

 

[plantlvr]

Lol@El! For some reason they don't gross me out, I find them kinda interesting

 

[EleanorR]

Just as long as you don't find any chihuahua collars!

 

[HawkeyeFLA]

I could have sworn I commented earlier today about loving the diverse wildlife we can experience here in Florida.

I work at a hotel so deal with tourists a lot, and we have a very good sized lagoon ... so yep, the occasional gator shows up. Sometimes I think I worry the guests with how relaxed I am about it when they report it to me.

 

[grandpawrichard]

We live almost in the center of town and this fellow decided to use our back yard as a place to rest and get some relief from the rain.
Sorry about the image quality, my canon was in the car so I had to use a point and shot from my desk drawer.

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Great photos Charlie! I really enjoyed viewing them, so Thank you for posting them!

GPR