Not sure, but this seems to be a Red-tailed Hawk (Please correct me otherwise).
I went out to this very tiny park, which is basically a strip of land with a small creek, between two major roads, nearby my daughter's place.
I wanted to find and got some shots of birds on their freedom; I could hear few actively chirping around, but they all disappear at my arrival, so after few silly shots here and there I gave up, as it was getting colder too.
Turning around, just notice this big tree and thought it would give a nice silhouette... Lo and behold, this hawk calmly sitting there... This "bird" was much more than what I was looking for!
I scrambled to change lenses, afraid I was going to loose it, but he didn't bother with my presence at all. Actually I had to make quite some noise several times to call his attention to look at me and never bother to take off. I got tired first, cold but happy with some nice shots of my newly feathered friend, so I left him enjoying a brisk and beautiful evening... Hope he found a nice dinner...
(Now I'm thinking, maybe it was him who scared the first birds and made them flee away, not me)
From the same day:
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