On an early Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago I was sitting in the living room working on a project when I heard a very loud noise. David had just left to go buy a newspaper and the noise I heard sounded like something large had hit the RV. When I say large, I mean large, at first I thought a car had hit the RV. I jumped up to look out a window to see what it was and what I saw was a bird the flew from the top of the RV over to the neighbors yard. I couldn't believe my eyes and wanted to take a picture of it. I was afraid it would fly away before I could grab my camera so I just looked at it for a minute or two. I was able to get my camera and take numerous photos of it thru the window. I then decided to go outside and see if I could get better pictures but as I walked out the door it flew up into a tree but I was able to get even more photos of it up in the tree. It was a large bird, a hawk is my best guess. It wasn't as large as an eagle or turkey but it was larger than most birds I see. Below are a couple of photos, one showing the front and the other showing the back side of the bird. Anyone know for sure what bird this is? Please let me know if you do. I have not seen it since.
From a distance the coloring was sort of like a cross between a robin and a bluejay although it was much larger than either of those birds. It was a pretty shade of blue grey with a reddish color breast. Notice the feet, they were large with talons.
The eyes appeared to be red. He stayed up in the tree for a very long time, keeping a keen eye on me the entire time. He was still there when I decided to go back inside. It was an awesome sight to see and totally unexpected.
