Shikra

Gallery: AvianPosted March 7, 201690 views5 comments

This past October we visited the Chumphon area of Thailand where each October over 200,000 raptors pass south on their migration. On Khao Dinsor, a hill near the Gulf of Thailand, there are raptor counting stations akin to places like Hawk Mountain in the US. There are some good photo opportunities as the birds sometimes pass by quite low. This Shikra is one of 3 accipiter species which is a common migrant there.
Canon 7D2 Sigma 150-600 at 531mm 1/2000 F8, iso 800, manual exposure, handheld

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 7, 2016 at 5:53 PM

Very cool, Nate. Excellent job on this image with very nice light in the eye.

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Comment posted by Charles Bell on March 7, 2016 at 6:36 PM

A very sharp image. Hard to do hand-holding. Well done.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 8, 2016 at 7:31 AM

Nice wing spread and love those eyes. They look almost amber in color. Nice work Nate.

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 8, 2016 at 7:34 PM

Sweet capture Nate.
May

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 9, 2016 at 5:01 PM

I like the flight pose you captured of this sparrowhawk, Nate. The vertical composition works well with the pose.

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