At the golf course...

[OSUFan]

Here was a visitor at the golf course my son was playing at today.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/hawk5.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/hawk4.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/hawk3.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/hawk2.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg26/OSUFan_2008/hawk1.jpg

I'm not what kind of hawk it was but it had a wingspan two and a half to three feet wide.

[frankeaton]

I live on a course where I overlook 6 fairways and a creek and we have several hawks flying high overhead. When they spy a squirrel and go after it is quite a sight

[SeaOfOrange]

I could be wrong, but, I believe it's a Red Tailed Hawk. They can have a wingspan of up to 48".

[Verb]

Wow. Gorgeous!

[osujane]

Awesome pics! :)

[jakeman]

How big was he?

In person, could you see what color eyes he had?

Looks like a sharpshin or a coopers to me.

Got lots of those out here.

[OSUFan]

His wingspan looked to be around two feet or so. He was in a tree about 30 ft up on the other side of the fairway my son was playing. I didn't really want to walk around too close because I was afraid I might scare him off. I'm pretty pleased with the way the pictures turned out for being so far away.

Here's what a red-tailed hawk looks like:

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/VIR_020403_100001_S.jpg

Here's what a sharp-shinned hawk looks like:

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/JSC_040802_00106D_S.jpg

Here's what a cooper's hawk looks like:

http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/MPR_012103_100059_S.jpg

and here's what a chicken hawk looks like:

http://fragmentsfromfloyd.com/images/hawk1.jpg

It may be a young cooper's hawk. Looks like a cooper's hawk has the same light orangish-brown belly.