Roadside Hawk, Costa Rica Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Each click of the shutter

Each click of the shutter aimed to freeze a moment in time that mirrored the timeless allure of impressionist art

their dives

The foreground grasses give a sense of calm which quickly falls away to the adventure which lies beyond

the dolphins went back and forth

Roadside Hawk, Costa Rica Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Each click of the shutterLets talk raptors. Costa Rica is chockers full of them. Vultures, eagles, hawk, falconsit has quite an array of these awesome birds. This one is the Roadside Hawk. I wonder where it got its name from?? As you probably can tell, its quite a common bird over here. Despite being a hawk, these feathered hunters are relatively smallabout the size of a large pigeonwith striking yellow legs and sharp, piercing eyes that seem to be sizing up every critter