Raptor On A Wire

As I was walking from my car to the house after work today I spied something sitting on the power wire going to our house. I came in a grabbed my Canon Powershot SX10is and took the following shots.  I know we have Red-Tailed Hawks, Barred Owls and an occasionally a passing Peregrine Falcon but I cannot identify this raptor. A little help from any birder watchers would be helpful. Till the next time, Enjoy!

(Side note: Spell check did not like the way I spelled raptor and changed it to rapture. That is why I need to edit my stuff a little closer).

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The Difference Twelve Or So Hours Make

The day greeted me with a few inches of sleet covering a thin blanket of  ice. It did make our old barn look quite nice but several hours after this shot it was getting serious and I though “Here we go again”.IMG_0763

By the end of the day we had sunshine and The Boy was happy as we were.

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Just Stopping By

A couple of Canada geese are visiting our place though I am not sure why since they usually fly up the road  to the lake. As I was getting some items out of my car I spotted them in the field next to the house. Thankfully  one of those items was my Canon Powershot SX10is. I was able to get several shots of them but not wanting to spook them I could not frame them both in the same shot. So here is one of my “just stopping by” neighbors.

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