kkayser wrote:
the wonders of evolution
What was he before evolution again? A dinosaur
[quote=kkayser]Caught this hawk at our feeder. Had to grab camera and shoot through dirty thermopane. One shot and it was gone, heading north. Note the long tail, black beak with yellow near head, yellow foot. As to size: scaled from the feeder the bird is 15 inches, but since the bird is leaning forward, 15 is the foreshortened distance. If the subject is perched 20 deg from vertical the actual length is 15/sin 70 = 16 inches. If the subject is 30 deg off of vertical the actual length is 15/sin 60 = 17.3 inches.
I think it is a northern harrier. This bird has owl like feathers around the eyes. Although this angle is not good to assess that feature, I think they are there. Anyone else have any ideas?
I had to just grab the camera and shoot whatever the settings were: Canon 5dsr, 400mm f/4.0 1/200 f/8 hands held, iso 100.[/q
kkayser wrote:
Caught this hawk at our feeder. Had to grab camera and shoot through dirty thermopane. One shot and it was gone, heading north. Note the long tail, black beak with yellow near head, yellow foot. As to size: scaled from the feeder the bird is 15 inches, but since the bird is leaning forward, 15 is the foreshortened distance. If the subject is perched 20 deg from vertical the actual length is 15/sin 70 = 16 inches. If the subject is 30 deg off of vertical the actual length is 15/sin 60 = 17.3 inches.
I think it is a northern harrier. This bird has owl like feathers around the eyes. Although this angle is not good to assess that feature, I think they are there. Anyone else have any ideas?
I had to just grab the camera and shoot whatever the settings were: Canon 5dsr, 400mm f/4.0 1/200 f/8 hands held, iso 100.
Caught this hawk at our feeder. Had to grab camer... (
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This appears to be a Juvenile Coopers - the tail is rounded whereas the Sharpie has a square tail - which also has a broader sub terminal band.
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