I'm on a Roll

bfjr · March 3, 2007

Y'all seen my recent Hawky post ( well didn't ya :lol).
The next afternoon I thought I'd see how far that ankle jewlery will let me wander, so off to the Pond I went

While walking the trail wifey points right and freezes (good training :rofl) there sits

and

and then he was gone :cry. Oh well 1st time capture for me!
Took wifey home and gave her a proper reward :lust

:bad
That's my story and I'm stickin to it :wink

jwear · March 3, 2007

ah now I get it you take the spotter

so what hawk is this

you do not telll us

I have a few not so good shots of your friend :cry very nice thank you Laura

and by reward you do mean you left for work --right

kdog · March 3, 2007

Red Shouldered, right? Good captures. Sounds like you got lucky twice that day.

BTW, too bad you don't shoot Canon. I thought of you when I read this item from a Russian dude who posted it on a Canon forum:

The SPEED of the new 1DMark III is EXACTLY the same as the best and famous Russian submachine gun "AK-47" - 10f/sec=600/min, as AK-47 have: 600 bulets/min..
and more: 30RAW files per session is the same as magazine chamber of "AK-47" - 30 bullets...
...and even more: calibre of AK-47 is 7.62 - close to pixel size of 1DMark III - 7.2 .. and this 7.62 calibre is the same as old russian rifle which was named as "trehlineinaya" what means iin English as "trilinear" as Mark III

So there you go. Definitely time for an old gunner to switch to Canon. :gun2

Cheers,
-joel

Maestro · March 3, 2007

Very, very nice! Crisp and clear.

Harryb · March 3, 2007

You are on a roll, excellent shooting.

Harryb · March 3, 2007

kdog wrote:

Red Shouldered, right? Good captures. Sounds like you got lucky twice that day.

BTW, too bad you don't shoot Canon. I thought of you when I read this item from a Russian dude who posted it on a Canon forum:

The SPEED of the new 1DMark III is EXACTLY the same as the best and famous Russian submachine gun "AK-47" - 10f/sec=600/min, as AK-47 have: 600 bulets/min..
and more: 30RAW files per session is the same as magazine chamber of "AK-47" - 30 bullets...
...and even more: calibre of AK-47 is 7.62 - close to pixel size of 1DMark III - 7.2 .. and this 7.62 calibre is the same as old russian rifle which was named as "trehlineinaya" what means iin English as "trilinear" as Mark III

So there you go. Definitely time for an old gunner to switch to Canon. :gun2

Cheers,
-joel

Then he would be kicking himself when the D3 gets released.

Dennis Kaczor · March 3, 2007

Nice shots, nicer and sharp.

bfjr · March 4, 2007

jwear wrote:

ah now I get it you take the spotter so what hawk is this you do not telll us I have a few not so good shots of your friend :cry very nice thank you Laura and by reward you do mean you left for work --right

I don't know

Just know I don't have any other images

I'll go look in a bit

You know me to well :wow

:lol

bfjr · March 4, 2007

kdog wrote:

Red Shouldered, right? Good captures. Sounds like you got lucky twice that day.

BTW, too bad you don't shoot Canon. I thought of you when I read this item from a Russian dude who posted it on a Canon forum:

The SPEED of the new 1DMark III is EXACTLY the same as the best and famous Russian submachine gun "AK-47" - 10f/sec=600/min, as AK-47 have: 600 bulets/min..
and more: 30RAW files per session is the same as magazine chamber of "AK-47" - 30 bullets...
...and even more: calibre of AK-47 is 7.62 - close to pixel size of 1DMark III - 7.2 .. and this 7.62 calibre is the same as old russian rifle which was named as "trehlineinaya" what means iin English as "trilinear" as Mark III

So there you go. Definitely time for an old gunner to switch to Canon. :gun2

Cheers,
-joel

Hmmm last time I had to deal with AK's .............well let's just say I'll stick with NIKON even more now !! :rambo

Red shoulder maybe, but I was thinkin sharp shin or broad wing ??
Will chk later.

bfjr · March 4, 2007

Maestro wrote:

Very, very nice! Crisp and clear.

Many thanks Maestro

Gale · March 4, 2007

Very nice hawk shots Ben

Wonder if you can crop some:>))

jwear · March 4, 2007

bfjr wrote:

I don't know Just know I don't have any other images
I'll go look in a bit

You know me to well :wow :lol

ok just a hint --red shoulder

ShepsMom · March 4, 2007

Nice captures Ben, i like the purple color, it's my fav.

Dick on Aruba · March 4, 2007

Good work Ben!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

dbaker1221 · March 4, 2007

good captures

unfortunitly for me my wife only stops & points ..........at shoes when we're at Kohls

bfjr · March 4, 2007

Harryb wrote:

You are on a roll, excellent shooting.

Are you makin fun of my Belly again :poke

Albert Dickson · March 5, 2007

Thats a Coopers Hawk.
At least I am pretty sure. Here is a Redshoulder for comparison. Although this florida bird is the palest variety.
Realy great images Ben. Blazing sharp.

bfjr · March 5, 2007

Gale wrote:

Very nice hawk shots Ben

Wonder if you can crop some:>))

you mean more then I already did

bfjr · March 5, 2007

Albert Dickson wrote:

At least I am pretty sure. Here is a Redshoulder for comparison. Although this florida bird is the palest variety.
Realy great images Ben. Blazing sharp.

Nice capture Albert
However this is a Ca RSH.
Did some research this morn and it fits
Here is a RTH

and here's a Coopers

kdog · March 5, 2007

You know, on second thought, I think I think I'm going to change my vote from RSH to Coopers, like Albert says. I went back and studied my Sibley's guide some more. What you have in your last (excellent) shot appears to be a Juvie coopers, 1 year old or less. The adult coopers has a fully "barred" chest like yours. It turns out the RSH has an east coast and west coast variants. The west coast has a solid patch of orange on its chest. You can see it in Albert's shot, although it's kinda faint. Yours would look more like the east coast RSH. So I'm leaning towards Cooper's now. But I really have no idea what I'm talking about. :giggle

-joel

raptorcaptor · March 5, 2007

kdog wrote:

You know, on second thought, I think I think I'm going to change my vote from RSH to Coopers, like Albert says. I went back and studied my Sibley's guide some more. What you have in your last (excellent) shot appears to be a Juvie coopers, 1 year old or less. The adult coopers has a fully "barred" chest like yours. It turns out the RSH has an east coast and west coast variants. The west coast has a solid patch of orange on its chest. You can see it in Albert's shot, although it's kinda faint. Yours would look more like the east coast RSH. So I'm leaning towards Cooper's now. But I really have no idea what I'm talking about. :giggle

-joel

I with Joel on this one!

It is either an adult Cooper's hawk, or an adult Sharp-shinned hawk.

And Ben's other Cooper's is a juvie. All nice shots! Particularly the ratcatcher!

I'm on a Roll

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