A walk in the park

FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
edited October 17, 2007 in Wildlife
My wife and I took our grandson for a walk through the park, my wife looked at me and asked whats that over there, I looked over to wear she was pointing, to my amazement and joy these images are what she was looking at.

I think this is a Coopers Hawk, all of these images are captured with a 70-200 2.8 IS 1DMK3

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#5
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    wow! Lucky you froggy! Great pics. Number five is a real winner!clap.gif
    Mike Helbig

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    young redtail --I am headscratch.gif
    Jeff W

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    Giphsub wrote:
    wow! Lucky you froggy! Great pics. Number five is a real winner!clap.gif

    Thanks so much

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2007
    jwear wrote:
    young redtail --I am headscratch.gif

    Thanks Jeff for the I.D. I wasn't sure if it were a young redtail or coopers, he was standing his ground.

    1st time seeing this and getting this close was an amazing guilt ridden experience.

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    It's a good thing I went browsing through to the second page, I would have missed this post otherwise Steve.
    Great stuff man, especially #4 :eat yummie, yummie
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    Russ
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    Great captures Steve and unless my old eyes deceive me it looks like it is eating a squirrel! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Oh happy day:ivar You just gotta love that hawk. iloveyou.gif
    Harry
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2007
    Froggy wrote:
    I think this is a Coopers Hawk, all of these images are captured with a 70-200 2.8 IS 1DMK3

    Hi Froggy, Absolutely beautiful captures. The 70-200 is sharp. How close were you on #5.clap.gifclap.gif
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2007
    riddim_maker wrote:
    It's a good thing I went browsing through to the second page, I would have missed this post otherwise Steve.
    Great stuff man, especially #4 :eat yummie, yummie
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Thanks Russ, I love your gone fishing post, awesome

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Great captures Steve and unless my old eyes deceive me it looks like it is eating a squirrel! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    Oh happy day:ivar You just gotta love that hawk. iloveyou.gif

    He just jumped on that squirrel right before we got there, didn't start eating on it until I had my camera ready to go, thanks Harry

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2007
    PrescottPhotog wrote:
    Hi Froggy, Absolutely beautiful captures. The 70-200 is sharp. How close were you on #5.clap.gifclap.gif
    Thanks so much, I hate to admit this, I was aprox 15 ft, I was pushing my luck for full frame after the 1st 10 shots, I just kept inching forward until I was that close.

    I had mixed emmotions the whole time, I knew in my mind I was in this birds space, I took advantage of his tolerance towards me, after I got my shots I left him in peace to finish his lunch

    Steve
    Looking for the weekend, see my images at the location below, please leave a comment if you like what you see, I would love to hear from you.:):

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