I'm calling this a juvenile Sharp-shinned hawk. Another life lister for me, so I want to be sure. Besides, this was shot out beyond 600 range, crammed into a 1.5X (DX) frame. D750, Sigma 150mm-600mm, 43% of frame, HH. I was lucky to get anything at all out of it, but this is good enough for IDing.
Posted by Richard Ditch on September 20, 2015 at 11:41 PM
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3 repliesI'm calling this a juvenile Sharp-shinned hawk. Another life lister for me, so I want to be sure. Besides, this was shot out beyond 600 range, crammed into a 1.5X (DX) frame. D750, Sigma 150mm-600mm, 43% of frame, HH. I was lucky to get anything at all out of it, but this is good enough for IDing.
Merlin. Nice bird to see anywhere.
Thanks, Rich. Never seen one of them, either.
Small raptor with strong verticl LINes in the chest = MerLIN.