Headless Hawk in Leafless Tree...

traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
edited November 28, 2006 in Wildlife
have wanted to use a similar headline for a long time -- patterned after a famous New York Post Front Page headline - one of the all time greats titled: "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar"....

Twas a gray day, but the hawk wasn't more than 20 or 30 feet away in a nearby tree..

Enjoy...Regards...Keith

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Beam me outta here!:winkKT

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  • lifesdisciplelifesdisciple Registered Users Posts: 231 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2006
    nice pics, nice title. how do you spot them in the trees. i always spot them too little too late. anyways. very nice shots.thumb.gif

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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2006
    good series!clap.gif
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  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2006
    Good series, well done.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 26, 2006
    lifesdisciple wrote:
    nice pics, nice title. how do you spot them in the trees. i always spot them too little too late. anyways. very nice shots.thumb.gif
    Once the leaves are off the trees, the hawks chest feathers just GLOW in the late afternoon sunlight.

    I wish I could get within 20-30 feet of them though.
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  • traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Thanks for the comments...
    Appreciate all comments.

    Pathfinder - In this case, I didn't have to go far - about 15 feet away from my deck as I saw the hawk fly through my backyard to the side of my house - and he landed in a tree 15 feet away from my house about 15 feet up.

    when I went around the side of the house, he was looking away from me, so I just put camera to eye and kept walking closer, clicking along the way. - Doesn't happen that way very often...
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    Regards...Keith
    pathfinder wrote:
    Once the leaves are off the trees, the hawks chest feathers just GLOW in the late afternoon sunlight.

    I wish I could get within 20-30 feet of them though.
    Beam me outta here!:winkKT
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2006
    Excellent capture Keith. I think this must be hawk week with the number of hawk shots I'm seeing being posted here.
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2006
    Neat series, great title and excellent exposure for a very bright BG...
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