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Nov 28, 2021 15:24:27   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I like it! Also I am glad you are tolerant of birds of prey doing their thing, since they need advocates too. Plant the trees, by all means.


Thanks, I either learn to exist with them or risk getting in trouble with the law by shooting them. Besides, I can take pictures of them also. And as long as I get plenty of birds in the yard watching the hawks get one every so often is part of life.

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Nov 28, 2021 15:25:34   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
artesdecobo wrote:
Jerry,

Great shot of a beautiful raptor. And I really thank you for the identification information you took the time to present. Very educational. Thanks.

Bubba


You can retire the teacher, but if they are a real teacher you can't take the "teacher" part out of them.

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Nov 28, 2021 15:27:55   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
jackm1943 wrote:
I'm not normally in to bird pics, but that is one outstanding image. Thanks for sharing. I love the way he (she?) is looking directly at the camera. Maybe he/she saw their reflection?


Glad you liked it.
Reaction to the flash when I took the shot before this in a series.

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Nov 28, 2021 16:00:16   #
srsincary Loc: Cary, NC
 
robertjerl wrote:
This Cooper's Hawk is still young as told by three things. Eyes are yellow-adult birds they are Orange to full on Red and the brown feather pattern is vertical-adults the pattern is horizontal. And last the brown feathers on the back, wings and top of the head turn a dark blue-gray and the gray on the head looks like a helmet.
This one is part of this years young raised by a pair that somewhere in my area. They often bring the young fledglings over to hunt around my feeders and then as they get older, like this one, they continue to hunt my yard on a regular basis. This one stopped for a drink from the water dish it is perched on.
Between the hawk family and the owner next door cutting down all the trees in the back yard where my small birds sheltered from the hawks I have gone from filling my feeders twice a day two years ago to once a day last year and in the less than a month since the trees were cut I can go two days or so without refilling the feeders. I will either have to start going to parks for birds again or plant a smallish fast growing tree in my yard as shelter for the birds. With the best shelter now 1 1/2 yards away my bird count is way down.

Canon 90D, Tamron 150-600 @ 600, 1/1250 @ f/7.1, ISO-1000
tripod out the door in my back yard in Corona CA 11-24-21 in shade at 4:30PM with fill flash
This Cooper's Hawk is still young as told by three... (show quote)


Great capture of a curious (?) hawk!

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Nov 28, 2021 16:23:07   #
Horseart Loc: Alabama
 
Nice picture! In owning pet birds all my life (born into it)...All kinds of Finches, Canaries, Parakeets, Cockatiels and owning several parrots (one parrot is all I have now) I find that as a bird gets old, the skin on its legs and feet get scaly. I see that in many old, wild birds too.

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Nov 28, 2021 17:32:46   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
srsincary wrote:
Great capture of a curious (?) hawk!


Thanks, exactly "Hey, what the bright flashy light?"

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Nov 28, 2021 17:34:10   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Horseart wrote:
Nice picture! In owning pet birds all my life (born into it)...All kinds of Finches, Canaries, Parakeets, Cockatiels and owning several parrots (one parrot is all I have now) I find that as a bird gets old, the skin on its legs and feet get scaly. I see that in many old, wild birds too.


Well, this guy has a few years to worry about that.

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Nov 29, 2021 00:16:31   #
Tom70 Loc: NY
 
great shots and thanks for the info

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Nov 29, 2021 00:35:20   #
nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah
 
Nice shot.

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Nov 29, 2021 02:18:18   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Tom70 wrote:
great shots and thanks for the info


thanks you are welcome

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Nov 29, 2021 02:18:31   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
nervous2 wrote:
Nice shot.


Thank You

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Nov 30, 2021 15:40:48   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
robertjerl wrote:
This Cooper's Hawk is still young as told by three things. Eyes are yellow-adult birds they are Orange to full on Red and the brown feather pattern is vertical-adults the pattern is horizontal. And last the brown feathers on the back, wings and top of the head turn a dark blue-gray and the gray on the head looks like a helmet.
This one is part of this years young raised by a pair that somewhere in my area. They often bring the young fledglings over to hunt around my feeders and then as they get older, like this one, they continue to hunt my yard on a regular basis. This one stopped for a drink from the water dish it is perched on.
Between the hawk family and the owner next door cutting down all the trees in the back yard where my small birds sheltered from the hawks I have gone from filling my feeders twice a day two years ago to once a day last year and in the less than a month since the trees were cut I can go two days or so without refilling the feeders. I will either have to start going to parks for birds again or plant a smallish fast growing tree in my yard as shelter for the birds. With the best shelter now 1 1/2 yards away my bird count is way down.

Canon 90D, Tamron 150-600 @ 600, 1/1250 @ f/7.1, ISO-1000
tripod out the door in my back yard in Corona CA 11-24-21 in shade at 4:30PM with fill flash
This Cooper's Hawk is still young as told by three... (show quote)


Great shot and great info! Thanx for sharing!

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Nov 30, 2021 20:18:29   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Sinewsworn wrote:
Great shot and great info! Thanx for sharing!


thanks and you are welcome

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