love all the pictures you took today of the hawk and all the eagles they are magnificent - Muud

hi Scott ~ What an awesome day you had the weather sure looked great for a road trip. Stunning pics, love Mt Cheam in the background :nod: I'd love to tour that area, I'd be in heaven for sure. Beautiful eagle shots, heron, hawks and even the turkeys Loved the wood ducks too, they are so pretty. Thanks for sharing your day. I enjoyed all of your pics very much.

Hi LiLori, Linda, Candy, Judy, & Laurie.
Thanks for the nice comments on today's pics. It was a good day to be outside.

Hi Scott,
Beautiful pics of your eagles. Nice pics of your hawks too. Sorry I can't help id that one for you. Beautiful pic of Mt. Cheam with the eagle in the pic. Cute little turkeys and duck too. Looks like it was a beautiful day for an outing. Great pics of the eagle you saw on your way home. Just beautiful! Thanks, Scott.

Scott, to quote Lori, Memememeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I think it is a Cooper's hawk. They are permanent in your area and have that long tail with a white tip. I also looked at the Sharp-shinned hawk because they are very similar and are also in your area. The Cooper's is larger than the Sharp-shinned. I got in my bird books and also on the South Dakota birds site which is excellent.
http://sdakotabirds.com/

You know that you just give me great joy looking at your photos. They are wonderful. I really love the eagles with the Mt. Cheam background. How wonderful that people recognize what you are doing and are cooperating in giving you better access. Thank you for sharing with us.

Ohhhhh Nanc!!! You devil you!! I was here last night looking at Scott's pics, I cracked open my new book and here's what I typed out for Scott to post this morning....

Hey Scott I pulled out my new book and took my first stab with it at the hawk. I'm going with Cooper's juvenile for now. He's gorgeous whatever he is! I'll look again later at the other hawks to be sure. Great outing today that's for sure! You are one lucky guy but you know that right?

So great job Scott and I loved all the pics! and naughty girl Nanc for beating me at my own mememeeeee game :lol:

Scoot! (Lori & Nanc too!)

I wanna play too!!!!! :nod: Third time's a charm on the memeeemeeeeee game!

Yup - I agree with the other two "experts" here that it is a Cooper's...I went to allaboutbirds.com and compared the Cooper's and SharpShinned too - plus I've seen a Cooper's up close and personal in the back yard a couple of times...great shot...:nod:

Beautiful pics on a gorgeous day, Scoot! I sat in my office wishing I was outside doing ANYTHING at all!!! And today is gonna be another great weather day...highs in the mid to upper 60s around here...

Loved the two eagles flying together and the preening eagle pics with the feathers all floofed out and defined so nicely!

And I don't think I've ever seen such lovely backlit turkey wattles!!!!!

Hi Sue, Nanc, Lori, & Kat.
Ya gotta get up pretty early to beat Nanc there Lori.
Thank you all 3 for the Cooper juvie id. Nice job!
Glad you enjoyed the wattles Kat.