Hawk With Autumn Colors

saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
edited October 16, 2007 in Wildlife
Haven't been shooting for weeks. Too many ugly home projects in the way! :huh But last Sunday while loading my nephew's truck with junk to be hauled, this gorgeous hawk landed in the tree right across from my condo. They fly through here all the time, sort of like the Blue Angels....you just barely manage to see them they are so fast. I have never seen one land here. My long lens was upstairs on the 20D - I didn't think he'd hang around long enough to capture, but he did. Unfortunately my new 40 D was in the car with a short lens. He was quite interested in what we were all doing and hung around watching for a while. We don't get much in the way of Fall colors in California, so this will have to qualify as my shot for this season! I believe it is a Red Tail, but I'm not sure. He was pretty big, somewhat bigger than a crow. These were taken full-frame with the 300 f/4.0 and a 1.4x tele.

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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Very nice Susan! Yes, it is a redtail. You can tell by the white bib.
    Glenn

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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Very nice Susan! thumb.gif
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Nice shootin' Susan. thumb.gif Nice raptor in some difficult light.:ivar
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Good catch, Susan! thumb.gif
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    Very nice juvenile red tailed hawk. It's great that you got this one in the leaves. Most of my red tailed hawks perch on utility lines. :bash
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,990 moderator
    edited October 14, 2007
    Nice capture, Susan thumb.gif. In Madrid, it's the old Woody Allen joke about waking up in the morning to the sound of the birds coughing. Nothing much bigger than a pigeon here, though there are lots of those. Maybe I should visit the zoo this week...

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Very nice Susan! Yes, it is a redtail. You can tell by the white bib.

    Thanks Glen! Nice to have a 'clue' (white bibs) about identifying hawks. When I think it's a Cooper, it turns out to be a RedTail and vice versa. Thusie sets me straight on the id!!! It was hard to tell in the light, I really could only see his coloring after processing.
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    nice shots Susan!clap.gif
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    Dave
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2007
    juvenile red tailed hawk just another confirmation ,you did well as badly back lit as it is thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    Outstanding job on the exposure in difficult light. thumb.gif
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    Thanks to everyone for the comments, I was pretty pleased these turned out at all with the backlighting and my rusty shutter finger. :D
  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    Is it that time of the year already? Time flies and so does your Hawkthumb.gif
    Nicely exposed and composedclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    Russ
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