Hawk and birds

[Jezz]

Caught this cheeky fellow harrasing my poor Cockatiels.
not sure if it really has good clarity but its the best i could do from where i was with what i had.
Like or Dislike???

[paulnj]

cool bird! wish i could help with ID(which is killing me), but AUSSIE raptors aren't my forte.

framed great, body/head position is near perfect! exposure looks good, dof looks too deep(less would also raise your shutter speed), angle isn't that bad, but eye level would be better.

i know birds all too well, so i assure you... you did a good job, whether or not it's sharp!

[Jezz]

Thanks for the positive feedback, I think it is a brown Goshawk but not sure either,
Im gonna try to get closer but it will bee hard, i should be able to get down to eye level and set it up, gorgeous bird just wish it would stop attacking the cage, but what can you do?

[2kids2shoot]

I haven't done much in the way of bird photography, but I've been trying to get a picture of some bird in my yard so that I can try and identify it. Very tricky stuff!

The fact that it's not sharp is distracting, but exposure, framing, etc look good. I do appreciate how hard it must be to get. How do those cockatiels feel about being photo bait? Sounds like you may be able to set something up to get a better picture. Not sure if that too nice for you little feathered friends though...

[Jezz]

Well we cant stop the damn thing from coming so i may as well make use of it huh? thank for replying.

[Peter_AUS]

have you tried putting out stuffed Cats as a deterent or white flapping plastic bags. That helps with some birds. Great to see another fellow Aussie here as well.

[Liz]

couldn't resist!

[paulnj]

Thanks for the positive feedback, I think it is a brown Goshawk but not sure either,
Im gonna try to get closer but it will bee hard, i should be able to get down to eye level and set it up, gorgeous bird just wish it would stop attacking the cage, but what can you do?

well it's an accipter for sure(which a goshawk is) and i can assure you that they are bird eaters and a cat(even the huge mainecoons) stands very little chance against the america goshawk species.

more pictures would be great...any and all

[Jezz]

im pretty sure it is a brown goshawk from what ive seen on the web and i a book called what bird is that?
pretty thing it is.
Just hope it doesnt take my little dog one of these days.

[Bryan Seavy]

Who is pulling the cats tail?
Just kidding, hilarious shot, very nice.
Bryan