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  1. 11-23-2005, 05:28 PM #1
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    Hawk

    I posted this in critique too...but since it's nature, I'll post here.
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  2. 11-23-2005, 05:34 PM #2
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    Re: Hawk

    It's a great snaphot, julsoph.
    What I find a bit distracting, though is the clutter of twigs and branches in the background.
    And apparently, the focus is more on the foreground branch than the advancing bird.
    But it's a good framing for a snapshot that didn't leave very much time for thinking about it. Praise for the capture of the right moment from me!
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  3. 11-23-2005, 06:49 PM #3
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    Re: Hawk

    Quote Originally Posted by julsoph
    I posted this in critique too...but since it's nature, I'll post here.

    Do you by any chance have a previous image of it perched. I don't see to many hawks from ABOVE I can only see the back and top of the wing detail here.
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  4. 11-23-2005, 07:21 PM #4
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    Re: Hawk

    Yep...a couple, Paul. I wish he had been a little closer...I had to use the telephoto at the very highest on these. The one with him looking right at me, I was actually leaning over my railing to get a clear shot of his head...lol.
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  5. 11-23-2005, 07:23 PM #5
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    Re: Hawk

    And thanks seileasdar...I feel the same way about the branches...
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    Re: Hawk

    Cooper's hawks hunting for your feeder birds ;) 2 BIRDS!!!!! TOP is an adult, bottom a juvenile
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  7. 11-23-2005, 08:20 PM #7
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    Re: Hawk

    Really??? I would have sworn it was the same bird...but I didn't see it fly up to the upper branch, so I guess that the adult snuck in there while I wasn't looking!!!
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    Re: Hawk

    How do you tell the juvenile?
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    Re: Hawk

    WITH MY EYES

    Look at the chest in both images. Juveniles have dark brown STREAKED chests, while adults have an orangish heavily BARRED chest

    EYE COLOR is also an ID mark ;) YELLOW in juveniles, RED in adults.

    OH YEAH..... I am a bird nerd for sure
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    Re: Hawk

    Lol...funny!

    I was actually wondering if it was the eye color, when I went back and looked. Good to know!
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  11. 11-23-2005, 09:47 PM #11
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    Re: Hawk

    Do they show behavioral differences too (I assume they do)? The juvenile is the one flying...and I was surprised at how quickly he dove after the birds...whereas the adult sat up on that branch for HOURS. I wondered if he had just gotten patient...lol!
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  12. 11-24-2005, 07:22 PM #12
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    Re: Hawk

    Well an adult will be more educated on how to hunt ;)
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