Posted on 03/12/2012 8:36:51 AM PDT by raybbr
I was at a birthday party yesterday in Cromwell, CT. This hawk was kind enough to sit and pose for some pictures.
Hope you enjoy.
Awesome!..way to go!
Cool!
Thanks for the comments and for asking.
Nikon D5000 Manual exposure 1/250 sec f10 on one of them.
Really nice shots. That bird was watching you.
Terrific! he wasn’t posing, he was eyeing the cake!
He looks like he’s posing for you!
Really nice pictures, and great feather detail! The way he is looking at you — you’d better watch your back!
They go after small rodents, usually, but they do like birds too. BUT — I’ve often seen one nearby, and the birds go about their business. Not so with the smaller raptors who are quicker. When one of those are near, the birds freeze in place and you can’t hear a peep.
Thanks for posting it!
I recommend you post these on www.pixdaus.com, the best nature photo site.
<I think they are a neat bird. We have many here in south Central PA. Depending on their food supply, they do come into the area of our houses and take doves at times. Several years ago we had a nest with 3 young ones in it. Two of them made it, one flew into a picture window of a neighbor and broke its neck. A game warden picked it up. They mount them and use them for teaching. One day the mother was sitting on the peak of my roof with a very young kitten in her claws ( must have visited a barn yard in the country.)
<The pictures are beautiful, thanks for sharing them with us.
Nice photos, we have a lot of red tails around where I live (little North of Toronto, Canada) but I haven’t managed to get photos as good as these.
It was all over in a matter of seconds.
Superfine!!
I have lots of those guys in my backyard, but there is no way they would allow me to get close enough to allow a shot like that. Even with a long telephoto lens.
Good job.
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“Lens was at 105mm equivalent to 157mm.”
Sorry but could you explain that statement? Digital zoom combined with optical zoom, perhaps?
Hawks gotta eat too. Great pictures. Thanks.
Beautiful pictures. I see lots of those too. But I hate the sound they make.
Clearly, he was hoping to grab a piece of birthday cake. :-)
Beautiful bird!
Great pics, Rabbyr!
Red Tails are amazingly adapted to humans. Just the other day I was driving down Route 128 in Massachusetts during rush hour, and there was a big Red Tail sitting on light between the northbound and southbound sides.
Bumper-to-bumper traffic flying at 70mph, and she looked like she could care less.
What a lucky photographer to have such a handsome and willing subject ; )
Those are some really great shots, and I am glad you thought to share them with us :)
May God bless you and yours, good sir.
Tatt
Great Pics thanks.
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