This is late, but    happy_4th_2008_frame  fire_works_2008__4 

The next 2 photos were taken on my street that I live in the city of Niagara Falls. My son saw this hawk catch its meal and landed in the tree across the street from our house.  closeup_of_hawk_ Then the hawk flew to the dead tree a couple of houses away and that is when I got this shot. framed_perfect_hawk

I looked up the type of hawk and found out by the tail feather stripes that it is a Broad Wing Hawk, Juvenile.

I used my Nikon 70-300mm VR lens. For photos like this is why I got the lens.