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Rough-Legged Hawk yesterday

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Posted by Scott Perry on January 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Rough-Legged Hawk yesterday
Here is a photo of one of a few dozon Rough-Legged Hawks seen in Fort Edward NY yesterday.Nikon D300,w/80-200mm 2.8 @F8,400iso,1/2000,w/1.7x.
Posted by Scott Perry on January 28, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Here is the first photo of Hawk.
Posted by Scott Perry on January 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM
And the last photo of the Hawk.
Posted by Richard Ennis on January 28, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Nice Shots! and with an 80-200mm ! wow :toast:

Has there been any short-eared owls there this year?
Posted by Patricia Brundage on January 29, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Great shots Scott! What a beautiful hawk.
Posted by Scott Hanselman on January 29, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Wow, Fort Edward ... just a hop, skip, and a jump from me ... I'll have to keep my eyes peeled during this weekend's snowshoe trek :)

Thanks for the pics.
Posted by Jeff Nadler on January 30, 2009 at 12:04 PM
what a coincidence, near my home and planned on going tomorrow morning. Snowys still there? FYI, the short-eared owls left after the snow started accumulating but several are found a bit further south in Clifton park
Posted by SAILFREE on January 31, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Wow! I have the same setup...D300 and 80-200mm. I didn't think shots like yours could be done with that lens. I had been told not to use a TC with a zoom but obviously, that was bad advice. For the in flight shots I assume you had to manual focus with the TC and so I am doubly impressed :toast:
Posted by Scott Perry on January 31, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Thanks for the comments! The Snowy owls are still there,But they like to sit on roof tops.The lens used was a 70-200 sorry for the typo.Scott