White-tailed Hawk

White-tailed Hawk perched near the top of a tree.
White-tailed Hawk, Port Aransas, TX, February 23, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/11; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus). We saw one of these birds the day before flying high in the air and at a great distance, but I could never get a photo of it (not that it would have been more than a small speck on a blue sky). Fortunately, I had another opportunity as the boat passed near an island. The hawk was perched on a tree quite a way inland, and with heat radiating from the ground, the image is not as sharp as I would like, but at least it is not just a dot in the sky.