Anyone know what type of Hawk this is?

I have had a small hawk hanging around for a few weeks now, I got a really bad shot of one the other day and thought it may be a red tailed hawk, but yesterday this little guy was in the bush outside my kitchen window and I have had to crop the shot heavily to make him a decent size because it was a bit far away. He only gave me the opportunity to take this one shot. When he flew away I didnt see any sign of redness in his tail, but he was gone in a flash.

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This is the one I saw the other day but the quality of the shot is much worse as it was raining and overcast and even further away. I dont think it is the same bird but maybe I will get lucky soon and get a closer and better shot of one of them.
Lori

The View From My Kitchen Window - 29 March 2008

I keep hoping that the scene will start greening up quickly but with all this wet and mud we arfe still waiting, at least the horses are enjoying their roundbale of hay and finding somewhere to lay down without it being in the mud. I took this a few days ago, hopefully we will start seeing changes soon as the weather is warming up, it is overcast but in the 50s this morning when we woke.

I was hoping that this make for an interesting series but thus far nothing much has changed since I started LOL.

Lori

The View From My Kitchen Window - 19 March 2008

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First view 12 March

Well one week later and here is the view we have this afternoon. We have been having rain all day and night and as a result I have my regular pond in my pasture and mud everywhere. Horses are tired of being inside and I wish I could put them out but I want to give the grass at least a fighting chance at getting started out there without the hooves tearing everything up. The bottom end of the field from the left to the right behind the hill to where the telephone pole is, is a big lake.


Hope it stops raining soon it has made up for the drought we had last summer and more already and our rainy season hasnt even started!!!


Lori

Taxes - Wound Progress - Part 2

I didnt get to clean the wound today so a lot of the dirt around the wound you are seeing is from the mud when he has been running, but the wound is making fabulous progress. I am not surde yet if he will have a bald patch or not but I dont think it will be as big as I first thought it would be.


Lori
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The View From My Kitchen Window - 12 March 2008

I can always see the railway crossing and most of the field from the kitchen window and quite often I will just stand there and gaze out and watch what is happening, the horses, the birds or the weather, I just find it relaxing, so I decided today to do a series taken from this same spot every once in a while to see how different it looks at different times of the year.

So here is today's version, we started just below freezing and you can still see a bit of the snow on the ground, but we got up to the 50s and it was a glorious day. You can see how happy the horses were on my other blog http://prophotobylori.blogspot.com. This was taken earlier in the morning before I went out to feed them.

Hope you all had a great day. (((Hugs)))

Lori

Update on Taxes and his Accident

I took a few shots of Taxes this evening. He has been so good about flushing the wound but is not mad about having me removing the dead tissue and seems to have been taking pretty good care of keeping it clean himself. The skin is a nice healthy pink and I continue to spray it with the antibiotic spray and think it is doing really well. I managed to remove some of the black today and will just keep plugging away at it.

There is ice everywhere here and I dont want to risk him slipping on the ice and snow outside so I am having to put his leg into a bucket in order to flush the area and not get everything wet and he has been very good about that. The handling daily is also helping with his manners although he is still a brat and desperately wants to play with everyone and everything.

Will keep you posted.

Lori