Common Black Hawk walking on gravel bar

It was so cool last night when I saw the Common Black Hawk down on a gravel bar in the Arkansas River. I had read, and been told by others, that this species uses its long legs to walk on sand and gravel bars, and even walks in the water as it pursues prey. I did not see the hawk go after any prey, but certainly there might be crawdads and frogs around the gravel bar and fish in the water around it.

The first photo has been cropped to enlarge it for better viewing (though this pushes
it as the pic is getting blurry). The second photo is how the photo appears before being cropped to enlarge it. I took it at about 1.5X (equivalent to 72 mm on a 35 mm camera), so it shows a slightly closer view than was seen with my naked eyes.

The white tail band is visible in the enlarged photo and can just be seen in the original photo.