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To the Beauty of Birds

This Harris Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus was one of a pair shown by Matthew Mitchell in the Deadly Beauty Photography workshop. These photos (0000 series) show the prominent patch of brown secondary covert feathers both in flight and standing, the white band at the tip of the tail feathers, and the white feathers at the rump of the Harris Hawk.

We also had a chance to photograph (6000 and 7000 series) the Harris Hawk up close and personal at the Arizona Sonoran Dessert Museum in Tucson, AZ. It was both part of the raptor release and the handler and the hawk greeted us at the gate as we first came in. The yellow base of its beak adds a splash of color contrasting with the red wings and grey head. The tail has a single black band at the end and white tips (7225).

Harris Hawk