Hawk in the Rain
Oct 13, 2018 16:35:15 #
Let's see, rain, thunder storms, more rain over night and this morning, now sprinkles and...
Oh, yeah the hawk back off and on.
The crows and hummers more or less ignore him, but the other birds disappear and so do the squirrels. I have seen the hawk buzz the yard, on the wires, on the play house, on the bird bath and ground near it, on the shepherd's crook over a nectar feeder etc.
Light is sort of cloudy almost bright (ISO keeps going up and down) so I had to use PP to get the colors up and I think I will have to fine tune the new 150-600 to my 5DIV, focus is "almost". And I should get out the tripod, SS getting too slow for hand holding.
5DIV, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/250 @ f/6.3, ISO #1 1000, #2 1250, #3 400
Oh, yeah the hawk back off and on.
The crows and hummers more or less ignore him, but the other birds disappear and so do the squirrels. I have seen the hawk buzz the yard, on the wires, on the play house, on the bird bath and ground near it, on the shepherd's crook over a nectar feeder etc.
Light is sort of cloudy almost bright (ISO keeps going up and down) so I had to use PP to get the colors up and I think I will have to fine tune the new 150-600 to my 5DIV, focus is "almost". And I should get out the tripod, SS getting too slow for hand holding.
5DIV, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/250 @ f/6.3, ISO #1 1000, #2 1250, #3 400
Darn! Nothing but raindrops.
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Lizards, mice, big bugs, anything to eat? I may have to try one of those soggy peanuts.
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Hun! You and that camera again.
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Oct 13, 2018 17:02:18 #
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Oct 13, 2018 17:20:03 #
Love the set. The hawk’s expression in the last image is a hoot! He’s really giving you the stink eye.
Oct 13, 2018 17:44:50 #
robertjerl wrote:
Let's see, rain, thunder storms, more rain over ni... (show quote)
I enjoyed your images and captions Robert.
Oct 13, 2018 17:50:10 #
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Oct 13, 2018 17:51:40 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
Love the set. The hawk’s expression in the last image is a hoot! He’s really giving you the stink eye.
Thanks, yes, I think I and my cameras are wearing out our welcome with this hawk. Of course being in the rain could have had something to do with his mood.
Oct 13, 2018 17:52:07 #
photophile wrote:
I enjoyed your images and captions Robert.
Thanks very much, glad you liked them.
Oct 13, 2018 18:00:57 #
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Oct 13, 2018 18:26:06 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Beautiful shots, Jerry! Looks more like Sharp-shinned to me??
Very well could be. in the last few years I have seen Cooper's, Sharp-shinned, Red Shoulder, Red Tail and Peregrine Falcon? in the yard, no picture of the falcon, just a quick glimpse as it took off when I went out the door.
Oct 13, 2018 18:40:30 #
robertjerl wrote:
Very well could be. in the last few years I have seen Cooper's, Sharp-shinned, Red Shoulder, Red Tail and Peregrine Falcon? in the yard, no picture of the falcon, just a quick glimpse as it took off when I went out the door.
I've had all in the yard but a Peregrine falcon, and I'd love to see one!
Oct 13, 2018 23:26:24 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I've had all in the yard but a Peregrine falcon, and I'd love to see one!
I graduated from California State University at Los Angeles and they have nesting pairs on campus.
Seems one nutty professor got tired of raising pigeons and turned them loose on campus. Pretty soon we were knee deep in pigeons. So another professor contacted some friends who were into Falconry and they installed some nesting boxes and a few mated pairs of Peregrines on top of some of the campus structures.
Result, well fed falcons raising young, fewer pigeons (and in better shape from exercise
- flying for their life) and the students had more free entertainment and betting on the results of the falcon's hunts. Now here almost 50 years later they still have Peregrines living on campus.
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