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A Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) resting after some strenuous dancing ritual on a lek, during the breeding season, on the prairie landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
22 May, 2013.
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Saw this bird fly in so fast it was unreal, It perched on the tree for a few seconds and then left. I'm thinking it's a Sharpie, any thoughts ? Thanks for looking.
Backyard bird, Yakima County, Washington. This Sharp-shinned Hawk has been a frequent customer to my snack bar. Occasionally he/she captures a snack. IMG_3730
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I enjoyed watching and photographing this bird yesterday morning. As I have done several times with what I believe is the same bird since back in early November I walked to within 50 feet and spent about half hour near this bird. He/she even left for about 5 minutes to chase after a sparrow and returned to the same brush pile. Birds were hiding in the brush pile. For those who don't know this hawk eats other birds to survive. Even after he/she left, and while I was spending time photographing a hummingbird, juncos, goldfinches, and a woodpecker this bird reappeared at least 3 times. They move so fast this there can be hard to see so he/she may have passed by more than that. This all happened over a period of about 2 hours. After that, because I was not properly dressed for the cold weather I went indoors to thaw out. IMG_8841
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Clean shirt, new shoes, And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie, I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man .... ♫ ZZ TOP
Shedding wood. A close shave. Lead in the pencil. Making a point. (Ok, I'll stop with the puns.)
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Single shot, raw file into Affinity Photo for development, EL-100 Speedlite off camera to rear of subject, 10:8 crop.
From the Richard Harvey Studio One.
Clean lens, pair bins
Quick drive up Beaver Lake Road at day’s end
iphone, ebird
What’s that on a post by the cattle herd?
Take a deep breath and get a quick focus lock
'Cause every birder crazy 'bout a sharp shinned hawk
Baseline....
In anticipation of the cool front that was predicted for yesterday morning I made a trip out to Smith Point, a little peninsula that sticks out between Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay where the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory conducts three and a half months of raptor surveys each fall to monitor the migration of raptors as they travel south for the winter. At the peak of the migration it can be an unbelievable spectacle with tens of thousands of hawks in the sky above the “hawk tower.” It can be a little difficult to predict exactly when the big days will happen but if you are fortunate enough to hit the raptor jackpot, it will likely be something you will never forget.
Yesterday I didn’t hit the jackpot, but I was rewarded with some nice views of several raptor species. This young Sharp-shinned Hawk was one of several birds that made me glad I made the trip out. Even when the skies aren’t loaded with birds it is always fun to catch up with friends; the tower can definitely serve as a fun gathering place to geek out about birds.
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Accipiter striatus
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from June 2017. Enjoy!
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Several of the ponds at the WTP have lowered water levels at present.
This has given the waders some rich mudflats, that would normally be covered with water, to feed over.
Sharp Shinned Hawk. A marvelous visitor who managed to grab a Chickadee. I was to eager with the shutter button as he heard it and left. Now I ask myself if I had waited a few moments, could I have taken some better images????
Taken through window. He struck at a flock of doves at the bird feeder resulting in a mini snow storm of pin-feathers. I was looking at the doves when he struck but only saw the feathers falling and then wings. When the wings came back and flew into my tree, I got this photo through the bedroom window, Then I immediately went outside - but he was gone.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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You fly 10,000 km to argue about a spot in a spacious pond.
A portrait of a tricolor heron hunting, its sharp, dagger-like beak poised and ready to strike swiftly along the water's edge at a lake in Central Florida.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Fiinding food ia a high priority for these travellers. They will soon be winging their way to Siberia for the nesting season.
One of the more fascinating hawks in our area is the Sharp-skinned hawk. It is not much larger than an American Robin and is the smallest hawk we have in both the US and Canada.
The eating habits of this hawk species is interesting. Parents initially feed their youngsters in the nest as they drop prey into the nest for the youngsters.
Later as the fledglings grow and gain skill, parent hawks pass the meals on to their young while both are in flight.
Unlike several other predators, when these hawks catch a songbird for lunch they take it to a branch or stump and pluck it before eating to avoid swallowing feathers.
(Photographed near Cambridge,MN)