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Watched this guy eat my favorite wintering Junco this morning... I saw him almost every day this winter, and now he's gone!! The sharpies sure are amazing predators, but I'm not too excited to see this returning pair of accipiters making themselves comfortable at my feeders...
Sharp-Shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Kabekona Lake, Laporte, MN | 3-18-16
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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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This fellow was lounging in the foilage at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. I understand they have very sharp teeth and are vegetarian, but best to keep your hands away from these guys!
Although we know birds to be essentially dinosaurs, this guy really brings that dinosaur look home in a way that birds just don't!
Taken 9 April 2019 at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Florida.
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
Nikon D800 + Rollei Planar 50mm f1.8
Sharpened & watermarked but as shot. One from the 2012 archive I just found.
Katie - Hilton Hotel
I love this lens on the D800.. extremely sharp and flares really nicely (if you like that kind of thing!)
Still one of my favourite and most productive shoots to date where I could share around 80% of the hundreds of photos taken. Katie is always brilliant and the light was fantastic on the day
This picture is inspired by ZZ TOP sharp dressed man
Black tie
Gold Watch
Diamond ring (Had to borrow my wife's)
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I seldom see a Sharpie in the backyard, but today was an exception. This is the first one I've seen in four years. The similar looking Cooper's Hawk is a much more frequent visitor. After attempting to catch one of the small birds at my feeding station - and missing - he perched in this tree to ponder what went wrong.
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
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.
A tiny hawk that appears in a blur of motion—and often disappears in a flurry of feathers. That’s the Sharp-shinned Hawk, the smallest hawk in North America and a daring, acrobatic flier. This juvenile staked out a perfect ambush spot close to feeders in our backyard.
More slow catch up. With time more limited a lot more is going to Getty than Flickr and whilst it sells well enough I often wonder if it's the same quality as I look to showcase. Feel free to check out my stock uploads, I'd be interested in your thoughts. Generally I find shooting for stock a very different process from shooting "proper" photographs.
Now and again I like to update my Flickr photostream with a Jessica picture. She's currently posing a little more than one would like, but this one has a neat appeal I find. As you can see, she's being dressed for stock pictures too - no brands on display, etc.
This one's another neat example of where the new 35mm f/1.4L ii comes into it's own - sharp point of focus, everything else dropped into blur.
Hope everyone is fantastically well as ever - have a wonderful weekend!
Palisades Cliffs, looking down on the Hudson river !
Alpine, NJ
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