Immature Red-tailed Hawk

I saw the raptor with its widespread wingspan circling very high in the sky, it changed directions a few times. I just wished it could come closer then it came down and perched on a tree at the edge of Heron's Pond but it's still far away. I kept following it through the view finder and was getting tired for holding the camera with the tele lens for such a long time. Then I got lucky the hawk has decided to fly right towards me, I couldn't believe its speed and got this close up shot, uncropped.