Sunday Morning

I'm sure you won't believe me when I say this... at least I have Shell bell to back me up. We were having our morning cup of coffee when she noticed this hawk or whatever kind of bird this is(How should I know.... I never studied birds) sitting out by our house. After I seen this big guy, I ran to get my camera and walked outside hoping it wouldn't fly away. After snapping a few shots, I wondered just how close I could actually get. To be honest it even shocked me. I walked up to about 15ft of this fella. He just sat there on the limb looking at me for several minutes. Personally, I think he was out for brunch because I watched it scope out some territory. Then he decided to take off to another limb on the other side of the drive way. He was a pretty ole fella or gal... After it took off I decided to leave it alone so it could find whatever it was looking for. If I can ever time it right, I hope to have more bird pics to show. We have several bird feeders out around the house and there are all kinds of birds that come to nibble. Them birds will take off on a split second though. I kinda need to have something already set up so I don't have to make any movement. Talk about hard to get a good shot of something... try taking a close up picture of a bird. Them jokers are fast!!!