Was working in the garage the other afternoon and caught movement out of the corner of my eye. This hawk had landed on my neighbors gate. It gave me time to get in the house and get the memory card I had taken in to look at what I had caught earlier. Got three decent looks out of its time there checking the bushes for lunch. Not sure but think it is a Coopers hawk, just not familiar enough to tell it from the Sharp Shinned hawk. Either way it is the only shot of one I have captured. Also got another first today to make two for the week, today being a Great Horned Owl. Also caught a couple eagle shots that were different enough to keep.
Olympus E5 Sigma 50-500 @1000mm eq 1/1000 f6.3 iso 640 cropped out barrel on left of image.
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 6, 2015 at 8:58 AM
Wish I could help you with the ID, Kendall, but I admit I too, have a difficult time telling them apart. Nice capture though....love the headturn here.
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