A Red-Shouldered Hawk on a Limb in Florida Wood Print

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This is part of series of photos that I took at John Chestnut Senior Park of this red-shouldered hawk. He has yet to develop his full coloring. He seems quite young and not as adept at finding food as an older bird might be. He's going to be quite the looker some day. The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. The watermark will not appear at the bottom of the limb

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...