Windshield Hawker

My interest in birds was derailed last spring when I couldn't find a sponsor to further my interest in falconry - to house and nurture a raptor and witness the awesome beauty of a hawk or falcon taking prey (meals).

A health problem mixed in, limiting my hours-long walks to minutes.

My interest was somehow rekindled, and mostly, dropped my speed limit from 50 mph to 15.

And the world opened up.

There are 3 flood-control reservoirs lined up across north-central Indiana. There are roads and roads. I began looking for hawks along the roads, and found many.

There are many American Kestrels, our smallest falcons, and red tail hawks, our largest buteos.

What I have seen on the local roads in just a few short weeks is overwhelming.

My purpose is mutual education, to encourage any level of interest in birds, and to inform the most basic and the most extraordinary observations, often limited by the windshield.