8 August 08

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed hawk, colored pencil It must be fall: the red-tail here was flying about. The Swainson’s hawk chicks are learning to kettle with the adults. The great switch should happen in September.

These flight sketches are done fast, in 5 seconds or so, with the color added immediately afterwards — it’s windy today and the birds are moving quickly. But it does keep reappearing and that helps a bit.

Posted by at 08:01 PM in Birds in Flight | Link |

  1. That’s fast! I’ve been meaning to ask what size your sketches are usually. They are lovely.


    — marja-leena    8. August 2008, 20:34    Link

  2. I love our red-tails (even if they eat our chickens sometimes). Your sketches look just like ours soaring above us.


    — Teresa    9. August 2008, 12:12    Link

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