Redtail hawk - not too good.

[MN Shutterbug]

Both shots are heavily cropped. Anymore cropping and they'd look even worse. I think I need to get me one of them trained hawks. They are just too darned shy. What the heck, can't get all keepers.

[Steve Foss]

Hey Mike, that second one in particular is a great pose and definitely is nice enough, even cropped, for online display. It's nice work.

[MN Shutterbug]

Thanks, Steve. I did take about a dozen shots and this one was the best pose. If it wasn't for the pose, I wouldn't have even displayed it online.

[mmeyer]

It doesn't look bad to me Mike. Anytime you can get a shot of one, it's a good day.