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Call of the Wild/hawk w/ prey
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Call of the Wild/hawk w/ prey

by Robert Bunch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 7, 2014174 views7 comments
A friend called and told me about a red-shouldered hawk and offfspring. Two fledglings left the nest and one was injured, trying to fly I guess. My friend took the injured bird to Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to get fixed up but the other one was still hanging around as one of the adults brought food. I got this shot of the adult with, I think, a dove. I like the open beak "call of the wild" pose. Taken in a heavily wooded area east of Dallas near a park and a golf course.

D300s w/ 200-400 lens and TC14 and a tripod
1/400 sec @ f5.6 ISO 640




Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM
Very cool Robert. Love the POV and open beak, it looks like the hawk's calling out..
Well composed frame, nice colors/details :toast:
PS - I'd change the title to 'Call of the Wild' if it was mine :smile:
Have a great weekend :wavey:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 7, 2014 at 10:34 PM
Excellent pose and superb detail in the hawk, Robert. You might think about toning down some of the brightest sky patches in the bg.

:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 9, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Hi Robert :wavey: A. great action shot , capturing the emotion in this scene..... love the pose and open beak :toast:


Albert Darmo
Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 10, 2014 at 11:18 PM
Good to move into position to capture all of the hawk in front of the tree in the background. I like the open bill. Sharon
Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 11, 2014 at 8:36 PM
Always great to get a raptor with prey, nice exposure and great calling pose :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on February 12, 2014 at 8:14 AM
Nice to catch this one with prey, excellent pose!

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 1, 2014 at 9:20 PM
Very nice action and environment captured here Robert,
The colors appear slightly over saturated on my monitor however.
Well done on the calling pose . . . :toast:
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments