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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male defends its little square of territory in the "lek" on the prairie landscape near the Great Sandhills south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Fortunately the landscape is groomed by a herd of beef cattle which keep it in a nice state for photographing the birds on the grass cover.
19 May, 2016.
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The male is more spectacular and they do their nice little dance. However, I like the female subtle beauty and more quiet attitude, perhaps even more. Perhaps, I am getting old. Nice that Grassland National Park provides an opportunity to see both.
I'm having great fun photographing these this Spring. Seem to be more around than in previous years but it could be that I am a bit more aware of them now.
A visitor to our backyard on Saturday morning, standing on the rear fence, this Sharp-shinned Hawk stayed put long enough for me to get my camera and get about ten shots off through the patio door before it flew away..
Adult Sharp-shinned hawk, captured on March 3, 2018 in my backyard. It catches a small finch or sparrow every so often in my yard.
Metra 194 thunders away from the curve under Canal St with a dinky bound for Aurora. 194 is one of a few F40PHM-2's to be painted in the "new" corporate scheme. I gotta say, that scheme looks sharp on the squashed nose.
Idiom: "to throw something into sharp relief"
Fig. [for something] to make something plainly evident or clearly visible
(Taken from The Free Dictionary)
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The backyard was very quiet for a long period of time and there were no birds in or around the feeders, and this was the cause. In the back corner of the backyard, perched on top of the compost bin, this small hawk waited patiently. The smallest of the bird-hunting Accipiter hawks, this one is also the most migratory, breeding north to treeline in Alaska and Canada and wintering south to Panama.
Sharpness.
The black-headed gull is our commonest small gull. During summer, it actually has a chocolate-brown head, rather than a jet-black one, which turns white for the rest of the year, with little black ruminant spots on either side of the head, which make it look like the bird is wearing headphones. It is silvery-grey above and white below, black wingtips. It has red legs and a red bill, which become darker in summer. (The Wildlife Trusts).
My thanks to anyone who clicks or comments on this photo. It is much appreciated.
Blaumeise - scharf
Schwanzmeise - unscharf
Auch Unschärfe kann reizvoll sein...
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Blue Tit - sharp
Long Tailed Tit - blurred
Blurring can also be attractive...
Canon 80D
Sigma C 150-600mm
ISO 3200
Still only Sharpies at my favorite crab apple grove and no waxwings.
I like Sharp Tail Grouse, but I'm ready for a bit of diversity!
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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The most modern double deck school bus was provided by Sharpes, as former Bounemouth Wright Gemini 2 HF11 HCV passed by in the opposite direction to what everything else was going. I’ve no idea how many of these ex-Bournemouth B9TLs they own but this is so far my only sighting of KBZ 801, having not seen any of the other Sharpes vehicles to have carried this plate either.
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a shop for the natty and sartorially splendid seen three years ago one clear cold November evening in downtown Vancouver.
I would like to wish all my flickr friends and their families a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday.
I would also like to leave a special thankyou to all who stop by to leave a fav or a comment. I really appreciate them!!!
Taking a little break from the warblers to share this image I took years ago.
I was sitting on the front porch of my families house when I seen this Sharp Shinned Hawk chasing a squirrel around the yard across the street. When the squirrel escaped, he flew up and landed on this bench where I was able to get a couple of pictures of him before he flew away. ( Oct 23 ,2010)
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a canon ef 180mm f3.5 l usm macro lens, on a fringer ef-fx pro ii adapter
Appleby Horse Fair 2023
Cumbria, northern England
Picture No: 2023-06-10-9364_P2_FM
Edited in Canon DPP 4:
Digital lens optimizer: Yes (50)
Diffraction correction: Yes
Chromatic aberration: Yes (100)
Color blur: Yes
Peripheral illumination: No (0)
Distortion: Yes (100)
Brightness: +1
White balance: Auto (White priority)
Fine tune: Not changed (0.0 / 0.0)
Picture style: Neutral
Gamma: Auto (Not changed)
Contrast: +1
Shadow: +2
Highlight: 0
Color tone: 0
Color saturation: 0
Sharpness: Yes (Unsharp mask)
Strength: 4
Fineness: 2
Thresholt: 3
Cropping: Yes, cropped
Angle: -1.00
No photomontage
Colors not changed
Framed in Photoshop 6
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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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
never sure about sharp-shinned vs coopers... going with sharp this time on the account of round head and flat tail
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.