January 27th: Young red-tail taking off from the neighbor's backyard. Grey-light day and I forgot to open the shutter after shooting it while it was in the tree, darn it.

January 27th bonus shot. Actually the best capture of this red-tail.

January 26th: On a very grey day, we spotted nine hawks in our immediate area during a 6-hour period. In the city, no less. Caught this juvie Cooper's right at the edge of dusk coming out of a tree and watched it sail over to, then off with its parents.

This was not even an hour after a red-tailed hawk watched me scraping snow off the Jeep while perched on the peak of our roof. Then launched and flew past maybe 30 feet away. Wanker just knew I didn't have the camera in hand....

January 22nd: Not the best shot, but another visit by the Cooper's hawk to the backyard.

January 21st: The cold snap has everyone coming out of the woodwork looking for sustenance. This little one was in the maple tree next door, with a larger Downy checking things out perhaps four feet away.

January 20th: This is why I don't deliberately feed the birds.

Shot through the full-view storm door. Both so as to not frighten it off and because I had just stepped out of the shower!

January 5, 2008: The bitter cold spell that came through here brought with it this big red-tail hawk. It caught me totally off-guard and the light was horrible but I'll be doggoned if those 7 frames per second didn't pay off.

January 5th bonus shot.

January 4, 2008: One of the more interesting color variations of Eastern grey squirrel hanging around of late.

January 3, 2008: Rise and shine, Eleanor!