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Pretty sure this is a sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus, just guessing. Another possibility might be a Merlin, though this bird's head is not quite shaped right, nor does it have any 'eyebrow' mark, as a merlin might (but not always) have.
I just don't see either of them often enough to know.
This little (crow size) raptor has been hanging around my little pond for several days, swooping rapidly from under cover likely grabbing little songbirds.
We first noticed the flickers completely disappeared from our backyard, including the mating pair, as well as an unusual disapperance and silence for long stretches of time, from other songbirds.
Perhaps the result of this bird taking the opportunity to ambush feed on the numerous little songbirds that have arrived.
Photographed: 2016-03-21
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Long Island, New York
The story: We were away last week, staying at a motel, when this topic came up. Always up for a challenge, I grabbed their corkscrew and my tiny Lumix TZ220, which has a digital macro zoom setting. Their kitchenette was dark so I tilted myself around so that the light from the window in the next room, provided the back lighting, thus putting the corkscrew almost in shadow with the sharp section highlighted. Amazing what you can achieve when you need to. 😀
I heard this hunter take the bird in the sky as i was leaving work...pulled out of my lot, and seen this in the neighboring businesses yard
Judging by its size and the skinny legs, I'm guessing a Sharpie! Feel free to correct me if you think otherwise.
Kenton County, KY, 11-24-18. I don't often see these, especially in my backyard. This one stayed nearly motionless for about an hour in the same spot.
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This is the new shopping centre in Las Vegas. The building on the right is a Prada store. I took a similar shot in a different orientation which I will put in the comments.
After it's bath it began eyeing the sparrows that had returned to the lilac bush. It flew up to a nearby branch and eyed them before taking off.
The word "sharp" has a number of definitions. The one (and the only one) we are using for this week's theme is "having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something".
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male on a "lek" or dancing grounds on the prairie landscape of Camp Wainwright Military Base at Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
3 May, 2016.
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We have occasional visits from Coelioxys Sharp-tailed Bees in our Staffordshire garden. Here's the first I've seen in 2020. Coelioxys bees are brood parasites of various leafcutter bee species, so if you have a bee-hotel in your garden, keep a look-out for them.
Three species have been recorded in the county; C. inermais, C. elongata and C. rufescens. They are very difficult to differentiate, even more so from photographs. This female was on one of our bee-hotels. I managed to catch her and photograph her. I returned her safely to the same spot afterwards.
Was messing around with wall designs and ended up with this thing. Version of Quincy Sharp's office, not really based on anything specific.
Threw a bunch of stuff on his shelves that he's hoarded from his inmates. :)
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An interesting experience as I was able to walk quite close as I passed this Sharp-shinned Hawk. It may have been distracted by all the alarm calls from the Chickadees in the tree and general area. I stood back watching for a few minutes and the hawk eventually flew off.
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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male on a dancing ground or lek on the prairie landscape south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
22 May, 2018.
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I had taken the day off work to explore the Dart and Teign valleys looking for autumnal leaves. However I couldn't resist rising an hour or so early to perch myself on top of Sharp Tor, overlooking the Dart valley, to see what sunrise had in store.
A 4 shot pano in landscape mode and stitched by my brother Graham.
For some reason my Elements stitching would not work properly.
This entrance also gives access to The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal .
The Severn Bridge can also just be seen,middle left.
The bird feeders have not been well-patronized lately as our local Sharpie has been keeping an eye on the activity. Amazingly, this bird perched only 25 feet away from me for 5 minutes and didn't seem to mind me so close.
Just preparing to launch
I saw him fly in and land. I went for my camera.
I couldn't open the door - he would be gone in an instant.
I shot him through double panned windows. I took 18 shots and this was the 19th. I saw him spread his wings and fly through the view in my camera. The 20th shot was a bare branch.
On April 29th I started my day at 2:45 am. I drove with three friends to a lek in Southern Alberta. We had to be in the blind by 5 am. It sure took a long time before there was enough light to take photos. We could hear the grouse. They were making many sounds and e could see their outlines in the dark. It was another great day. The last time I was out there was two years ago.
I was using a brand new camera so I had many photos to delete and of course far too many photos over all. Most photos were only cropped. I didn't adjust any colors. Some photos are not even cropped.
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