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snidow · **Cooper's Hawk -** 12-07-2005, 06:17 PM

I had a visitor this afternoon, not the best photo as it was shot through the glass door but I think this is a Cooper's Hawk.

texaswolflady · 12-07-2005, 06:56 PM

Not a bad pic for shooting through glass........looks great!!

Roy · 12-07-2005, 10:01 PM

Looks great to me too!

engstrom · 12-07-2005, 10:34 PM

Laurie, I think that's a very nice photo even without knowing it was shot through glass. I just have one question, where's his other talon?

snidow · 12-08-2005, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by engstrom

Laurie, I think that's a very nice photo even without knowing it was shot through glass. I just have one question, where's his other talon?

Thanks, the talons are there just hard to see: here is a close up sort of.

texaswolflady · 08:33 PM

He must have his other one drawn up to his body.................

pavi · 12-08-2005, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by snidow

I had a visitor this afternoon, not the best photo as it was shot through the glass door but I think this is a Cooper's Hawk.

It looks a lot like the Red Tail Hawk that I caught outside my office window a couple years ago. Picture was shot through dirty mirrored glass but sometimes you just can't pose them.

snidow · 12-08-2005, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pavi

It looks a lot like the Red Tail Hawk that I caught outside my office window a couple years ago. Picture was shot through dirty mirrored glass but sometimes you just can't pose them.

I thought it was a Red Tail too, but if you look at the upper part of the breast of both birds the Red Tail is more white with the stripes lower down, while the Cooper's Hawk has stripes higher up and is white lower down. Also, the beaks are just a bit different, the Cooper's Hawks has a sharp down turn.

Glassman · 12-08-2005, 07:22 PM

I think it looks great too....did you take more?

snidow · 12-08-2005, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Glassman

I think it looks great too....did you take more?

Thanks Glassman, yes I did take more here are a couple of them.

This one was taken without the 2x extender

This one was with the extender

Glassman · 12-08-2005, 09:39 PM

I really like Hawks, mainly since they are easier to find than Eagles....Was that a Canon 2x? I have a Tamron 1.4 and it is very good. I have a friend who has hawks that come to their back yard and when they see them, they put chicken breast on a white pipe and the hawks swoop down and get it. Its usually late in the evening and it happns so fast, the one time I tried to get pictures I was unsuccessful. Thanks for posting.

bburton · **Nice -** 12-08-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by snidow

Thanks Glassman, yes I did take more here are a couple of them.

He was most considerate to allow you time to change your TC.

I think I like the last one the best: dead on staring right back, but he doesn't seem aggressive, almost friendly. Thanks for sharing these.

Wish one would land in my back yard.

RandySmith · 12-09-2005, 06:37 AM

Wonderful photograph .. where I live I see hawks all over .. whenever I see one they watch me (the car) come to a stop and I ever so gently try to open the door, but for some reason as soon as they see some movement .......... whooosh, they're gone .....

One of these days .....

Randy

snidow · 12-09-2005, 07:06 AM

Thanks everyone for the nice comments; the hawk stayed around for a while which I was surprised at. The last photo is also my favorite, poor guy just seemed so cold. The 2X is not a Canon one but a Kenko it works okay. Since these were through a double paned glass door I am surprised that they came out at all. But I knew if I opened the door he would have been gone.