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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
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Juvenile Cooper's Hawk

by Hal Trachtenberg

Gallery: AvianPosted July 13, 2010108 views7 comments
A juvenile Cooper's Hawk at the Montreal Botanical Gardens finishes lunch that mom brought. The Botanical Gardens in Montreal is a popular nesting ground for these Hawks, and they have been here every year that I can remember. This year there were 4 babies, last year they had 5.

Camera NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300S
Lens: Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 175 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -4/3 EV
Flash On, Return detected

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Kenneth Arni on July 13, 2010 at 6:41 AM
I really like this Hal, great dof, got the whole bird witout bg in focus. Great detail. :toast:
Registered on December 24, 2008, 112 Posts, 629 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 13, 2010 at 2:23 PM
You must have been very close Hal at 175mm, are these birds used to people or are your stalking skills just superb. :biggrin: Great shot! :toast:
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Michael Lotito on July 13, 2010 at 4:46 PM
Wonderful hawk capture!
Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Amazing to get this close Hal, acclimated or not. Interesting feeding behavior. I'm wondering if you could have moved a bit to avoid the brights in the background.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Marquart on July 13, 2010 at 9:08 PM
What Ken said, and Rich said Vincent said :smile: Seriously though, it is a nice close-up of a non captive hawk, very sharp which is no surprise with that lense ( I have it also and have always been impressed with it's sharpness) and the exposure looks good even with the part sun part shade conditions. :toast:
Registered on October 24, 2009, 126 Posts, 799 Comments
Comment posted by Hal Trachtenberg on July 14, 2010 at 1:39 AM
It is no problem to get close to them. They are just babies still. They have only been this far out of the nest for about a week and it's as if they have not yet developed a sense of fear, or it could be because of the place. I probably could have got closer, but I didn't want to attempt it because there were other photographers there. It seems that when they are eating, they really don't care about us. It is like this every year when the newborns are out.
Registered on December 26, 2009, 31 Posts, 40 Comments
Comment posted by antino cervigni on July 14, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Fantastic image. Regards
Registered on April 17, 2010, 70 Posts, 202 Comments