In this picture, you might see two tiny dots right in the center of the frame. This is about 500m away, with no zoom.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowuxEs_ivvZXIoNr_a8RyLRgDj1yIKfg3fB0gczgmQQRbby1EIFsh_4l-dEnUH0yRTfu48YTr1fAWjb5gcOYgqpixo1RwDDmCoEuRz9RtVsx05i3Gafdfnj5F2NGqAGCZcO1nsj2hSGQ/s400/birds3.png)
In the next frame, you can see the birds a bit more clearly, at 12x zoom.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMq8vN2VAbUEbsuc7Iid2y1a6RI-jwlGh_vlIXEB7URsQ41T0vANsJUf7iCmwL4ixwpX-2idt8tqhHNKifdphFMp0dcbkNrtQ8F422of15mto71Tf72hcMhNJazLwaWkWWHd-quzAGGk/s400/birds2.png)
With digital enhancement to 36x, you can see these are truly huge, beautiful birds.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2h97eH9nKk7mdF2uu5UvajcJQ-tb3XbSd0qMpfMKo-nQCOm0edFbJR6birX8OXLfWYNpt_Yvbpsvj7KFVkfgi5Ld5A4I3OxOL-RMScf1ynk1b4ZYvN4j06lUB4io4CqeuoUunr6gdhE/s400/birds1.png)
Can anyone identify what type of bird they are? This is in Austin, Texas, for what it's worth. Perhaps a little too white to be an eagle or an osprey. A hawk or a falcon of some kind?
I think this was solved in the comments below... A red-tailed hawk, it must be!
:-Dustin
Looks like a Red-Tailed Hawk to me:
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Looks like a type of red-tailed hawk, which are common throughout Texas.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, good call! Thanks for the info. What a great bird...
:-Dustin
What beautiful birds!
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