A red tailed hawk dipped five feet away from my windshield coming from my left and vanished as quickly to my right.  I was on a major highway when this happened.  I could not understand what it was doing there.  Maybe, there was a carcass of an animal on the highway.  I did not notice any.  The hawk startled me.  I almost hit it.  Usually I do not get that close to one.  It was a mystery to me what it was doing there.  I was glad it was safe and flew away.

The hawk just watched me pass from his perch.  I had spotted the hawk an hundred feet away fly toward me, cross the road and alight on top of a yellow traffic sign on my right only ten feet from me and from that vantage point viewed me passing him in my car.  The hawk was the size of a red tailed hawk although I really was not sure what kind it was.  I thought it was odd behavior although I know they like watching things from higher perches and there were no trees in the immediate area.

I believe it was last Saturday.  We were driving down our road and we spotted a hawk perched high on a tree on our left.  My wife wanted a second look so we turned around and stopped our car at that spot.  The hawk soon after flew away.  It could not tolerate our presence.  My wife saw the red on its tail as it flew away.  It was a red tailed hawk and a juvenile (less than a year old according to my bird book).  Then we got on the main high way along the River and my wife saw two bald eagles soaring high in the sky.  I was disappointed.  I had never seen two at once but only spotted one.  It was a fruitful day birdwatching.  I like surprises and new bird discoveries.

I just got a glimpse of the hawk, which was to the left of me soaring over the Juanita River as I crossed the bridge.  I suspected it might have been a red-tailed hawk.  I did not see much of it.  I just know it was not the common turkey vulture.  It disappeared from view too quickly to make a positive identification.  I love watching hawks float in the currents above.  They are so regal and every once in awhile I spot a bald eagle.  It is always a treat.