Western Railroad Discussion > When Worlds Collide

I'm not really an avid bird watcher, but when the occasion arises for a photo of opportunity, I will take it. Such as it was yesterday when I stopped short of the Lance Hill Road crossing of the BNSF south of Cheney, WA to wait on a westbound coal train. It was then that I noticed a Red Tail Hawk perched atop the far gate. At first the hawk was ignoring me looking away, but when I started making sounds like an injured animal that quickly changed. After a short while the hawk realized I was playing games with him and he flew away with a rather annoyed look.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Before long my coal train showed up. If the hawk had stuck around, I would have been tempted to try and photograph him dealing with a suddenly moving crossing gate.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Great hawk shots! I caught your coal in the backyard at 407pm.

Larry

Ritzville Wrote:
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> Great hawk shots! I caught your coal in the
> backyard at 407pm.
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> Larry

It made great time then as my head end shots show a time of 3:09pm

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Ritzville Wrote:
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> Great hawk shots! I caught your coal in the
> backyard at 407pm.

I was hoping for a repeat performance of the Amtrak magpie.

Ted ---
Those are BEAUTIFUL  photos of the train!  The snow in
the sun is soooo pretty!  I LOVE your photo of the hawk soaring. 
VERY well done!

(I LOVE birds!)

[That was a pretty good movie, wasn't it?  "Klatu murada nikto."]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/17 10:51 by Margaret_SP_fan.

Great photos all Ted. And especially with the Hawk on the crossing arm.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Ol' signal maintainer Hawk flagging that 6.32.2.

That's a lucky shot and beautiful bird.

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Nice shots.  That hawk would have been more annoyed had the gates gone down...

Those birds are smart! They will wait for an approaching train to scare up a critter then move in for dinner.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/17 20:22 by ChrisCampi.