Cooper's Hawk
This afternoon about 5:30 I got to wondering why no birds at the peanuts and other feeders for quite some time. I mean all day the finches, sparrows, Jays and woodpeckers had been at the feeders and peanuts off and on. Even fussing when the peanuts ran out so I went out with more. And a woodpecker had been sitting on the old swing set and fussing at my little Jack Russell mix because she was plopped down between the birdbath and feeder where I put the peanuts. Tara was just waiting for one of the little lizards to come out from under one of the pots.
Well I looked and the shadow patterns up in the playhouse on top of the swing set under the roof didn't look right. Looked through the 100-400 and found the reason, wasn't shadows, it was a Cooper's Hawk. I shot a couple through the glass door, eased the door open and slowly walked to about 40'. and took a few, made it to the shadow of the pool slide at 20' and the hawk took off while AF was working. Went to the top of a tree next door. That tree is about 3 times as tall as my 2 story house. The hawk never came out of the leaves and branches where I could get a shot.
1. through the dirty double pane glass door at about 60' to show where the hawk was playing at being a 4x4 post (yes the old swing set needs to come down, dry rot and our youngest is now 24-I plan to use the 4x4s for a frame to put up a roofed spot for a picnic table-some day, maybe
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80D, 100-400L @ 100 mm, 1/320 @ f/7.1, ISO 640 hand held
2. From 40' I do believe this bird doesn't like old guys with cameras getting too close.
That second shot is very good, Jerry!
80D, 100-400L @ 400 mm, 1/320 @ f/7.1 ISO 1000 hand held
Cooper's Hawk br This afternoon about 5:30 I got t... (