Wind Rider

Wind Rider

A Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) glides into the wind on final approach to its perch. The largest of the Buteos in this area, they are regularly sighted in a branch, half way up a tree, searching an adjoining field for the slightest signs of movement. These raptors have a central lens in their eyes that act like binoculars, magnifying their direct vision 10 fold over their periferal vision. They are the picture of beauty and grace, and a finely tuned hunting machine.

  

      Photgraphed near Port Stanley, Ontario. © Todd Weeks

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