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Barrett's Meadow, Delaware County

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never sure about sharp-shinned vs coopers... going with sharp this time on the account of round head and flat tail

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Bowler: ED - Blaize

Hair: S.E. - Sour Candy (Bom)

Head: Genus Project - Baby Face W002

Skin: NX - Sayuri (Bom)

Eye-Brows: Simple Bloom - LivAutumn Neutral (Bom)

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I enjoyed watching this juvenile sharp-shinned Hawk for a least half hour. Before it decided to perch within 35 feet of me and closer it was apparently perched high in trees and came with great speed out of nowhere attempting to make a kill several times. For those who don't know this hawk eats other birds. I was surprised that I could stand more or less in the open at the end of the blind and not alarm him/her. The noise of my camera shutter made it flinch several times but after hearing the shutter a few times and looking at me he/she decided the camera and I were harmless. This bird made at least 6 attempts to catch sparrows, juncos, or Steller's jays while I watched but was unsuccessful. I was surprised how bold the jays were when this hawk was sitting 10 feet or less from them.

Everyone is probably getting tired of my sharp-shinned hawk photo but they seem want to be photographed. Why else would they fly close to me and pose. I'm not chasing them they are chasing me. In other words I am not making any attempts to move close to them they are moving close to me. That is the best way to photograph birds.

Photographed at Yakima Area Arboretum Sparrow Patch, Yakima, Washington.

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Sharpness

One of those quick captures as I was driving down the road up against the mountains in the southern end of the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford.

This bird has a white X above it's beak extending to the top of it's head, somewhat odd. Now it is possible the feathers had been disarrayed by the wind.

Update: Today (Nov. 12) I think I saw three, but at least 2 hawks and I am beginning to think that some or all are Sharp-shinned Hawks. This photo and the next 3 photos are the same bird. One bird today was an adult. Help with correct identification will be appreciated. Thank you Birdergirl (Mel) for id.

This bird has become an every day visitor. I saw it 3 times between daylight and 2 pm yesterday (11/11). I am going to have to discourage it from coming to my home before it eats all of the quail. It sat here for at least an hour but surprisingly did not attempt to catch a quail even though there were quail below it several times. It did fly to the ground once and may have been after a mouse. This hawk was wet because it rained most of the morning and was trying to get dry. IMG_6616

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Very birdy morning at the reserve. Lots of ibis, cranes, snipe, waterfowl, and raptors. Really enjoyed the whole scene.

This picture is inspired by ZZ TOP sharp dressed man

Black tie

Gold Watch

Diamond ring (Had to borrow my wife's)

Cuff links

Another one from the archives.

Townsville Town Common, QLD

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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

A few more shots of these birds.

Scientific name: Calidris acuminata

Smith Point Hawk Watch

Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area

Smith Point, Texas

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built by REV. DR. Thomas Sharp

Rector of Rothbury 1720-1758

for the relief of unemployment amongst local stonemasons and use as an observatory.

It is the oldest folly in the country and is a listed building.

I don't mind a few interruptions when I am gardening if that means I can get good photos of birds. After pruning roses I walked around the corner of my house and this bird flew out of a Golden Currant shrub chasing a sparrow. that it did not catch. It landed in this willow tree. I watched it for about half hour before it tried again to make a kill. It missed again and landed in the far side of the same tree. I went back to my yard work and for the next hour or more it sat there, even though there were American Goldfinches, House Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos in the same tree and on the ground. I went in the house to eat lunch, checked again and found this bird in the same place. Back in the house I noticed California Quail and all of the above mentioned birds out my back window. I turned away from watching for about a minute, turned around and looked out my window, and saw this hawk on the ground, then in my apricot tree with no prey, so it missed a 3rd time. I went out the front door walked around the corner of my house and got a couple more photos. I'm not sure why because I ended up with slightly over 50 shots. Sometimes it would be better if birds flew away so I didn't take so many photos that look almost identical. I will upload a couple of more latter. IMG_4059

A shot of a gorgeous Kestrel whilst hovering.

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This song thrush looks like it could punch a hole straight through a snail's shell

Macro Monday's sharp theme.

Lens Cimko M series 28mm Macro F2.8 at F8.

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how sharp is your focus?

special thanks to my friend Scripter81 for his advice

I took a stroll along the canal, it had been dry and sunny all day, but half way through my ambling the skies opened and camera and I became rather wet!! anyway, the rain was short lived and the sky delivered this bust of colour just before nightfall. The Sharpness Canal connects Gloucester to Sharpness, allowing boats to bypass a treacherous tidal stretch of the River Severn. The structure in the foreground is part of the swing bridge mechanism.

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The old heron looking so sharp,,,standing allways so in good position.....

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Palisades Cliffs, looking down on the Hudson river !

Alpine, NJ

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I'm still watching a neighbors crab apple tree for waxwings, but a flock of Sharp Tail Grouse are still doing their best to eat all the berries before the trees are found by the waxwings.

Way overhead above Willband Creek Park is a Sharp-shinned Hawk.

Backyard, Mount Pearl, NL.

Dartmoor sunset

I had a pretty modest ISO going since I had been shooting lightning in a storm for quite awhile, and was pretty dialed in on it all. Then this mega blast struck Sharp Top and just blew out everything. It lit up the entire photo brighter than daytime. I took the settings way down and was able to bring out the scene, but the color was so mangled I just made it b & w.

I'm still watching a neighbors crab apple tree for waxwings, but a flock of Sharp Tail Grouse are still doing their best to eat all the berries before the trees are found by the waxwings.

The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is famed for its elaborate courtship display, which is imitated by Native Americans during their traditional dances. The short tail has elongated central feathers, giving the tail a pointed or ‘sharp’ appearance.

From a quick trip to the Western Treatment Plant.