Visiting Hawk

dallas

So I'm sitting by the pool on my patio last night with a glass of wine, my dog, and my wife... she says in that order. I was watching a goldfinch in one birch tree and a baby dove in another and moaning that I didn't have my camera outside with me. Then I hear a lot of noise and look up to see two ravens and a little bird chasing a RTH across the sky. They disappeared as I ran inside to get my camera. When I came back out, and without so much as a moment to change any camera settings, the hawk swooped back over the patio and circled once before he disappeared again. So... not technically perfect, but a lot of fun for an evening at home.

Harryb

Good work Dallas. Its nice when they stop by the house.

Cinda

Another good one -- and wasn't the light just right?

Now, how about some shots of the goldfinch? :

Scott_Quier

dallas wrote:

So... not technically perfect, but a lot of fun for an evening at home.

But close! Very nice shots! You must be feeling good about them. I know I would!

dallas

Harryb wrote:

Good work Dallas. Its nice when they stop by the house.

Thanks Harry.....I should stay home more often. : :

dallas

Cinda wrote:

Another good one -- and wasn't the light just right?

Now, how about some shots of the goldfinch? :

Thanks Cinda. It was back-lite when I started shooting, but then turned right into the light, and it became gorgeous. I wish it had stayed longer, but I was lucky as it was. I don't know why, but even with the right food the goldfinch won't come by to eat. Maybe later. : : :

dallas

Scott_Quier wrote:

But close! Very nice shots! You must be feeling good about them. I know I would!

Thanks Scott, yes I do feel good about the shots. With a little more time I probably would have screwed up, so I'm glad to have something.

ian408

You Floridians and your fly by visitors

Nice one!

Ian

saurora

Great shots, Dallas! The lighting really brought out the detail of those wonderful colors. Looks like it was pretty close, too! I use to work in an office with a balcony off my office. There were trees and birds so I started feeding them and had lots of little visitors. One day I had my back to the door and heard something large hit the deck. I turned around just in time to see a large hawk sitting 6 feet from me. I was so stunned (and so were my mourning doves!).

dallas

ian408 wrote:

You Floridians and your fly by visitors

Nice one!

Ian

Thanks Ian, but I was only born and raise in Florida; this was in the middle smoggy of Los Angeles. Didn't you notice that our birds are much better looking?

dallas

saurora wrote:

Great shots, Dallas! The lighting really brought out the detail of those wonderful colors. Looks like it was pretty close, too! I use to work in an office with a balcony off my office. There were trees and birds so I started feeding them and had lots of little visitors. One day I had my back to the door and heard something large hit the deck. I turned around just in time to see a large hawk sitting 6 feet from me. I was so stunned (and so were my mourning doves!).

Thanks Saurora, he was fairly low, but got higher and out of range. He only stayed for a moment, but when he turned into the light it was spectacular. : :

Osprey Whisperer

Hawk shots

ian408

dallas wrote:

Thanks Ian, but I was only born and raise in Florida; this was in the middle smoggy of Los Angeles. Didn't you notice that our birds are much better looking?

Whoops. For some reason, I thought you lived there...maybe it was the eagle
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Ric Grupe

Ain't that the way?

I could have some lovely shots of finches if I stayed home.

At least you got your hawk.

Dick on Aruba

Great work William. You're lucky to get a beauty like this in your backyard.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

kdog

Very nice, William. With wildlife like that in your backyard, you need to keep your camera handy at all times.

Cheers,
-joel