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A beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest.

Lovely shot, Tony.

 

[Sabaki]

Tests shots are looking quite decent

 

[Sabaki]

He didn't give much time to grab this, slightly less sharp than I enjoy

 

[Ozarker]

Here's one:

 

[Ozarker]

Carolina Chickadee

 

[Ozarker]

Anna's Hummingbird

 

[Ozarker]

Young Grackle

 

[Ozarker]

Northern Mockingbird

 

[Ozarker]

This didn't end well for the pigeon. I was driving through a parking lot when the Cooper's Hawk knocked the pigeon from the sky right in front of me. Feathers went everywhere! I had just started shooting (this is with a Canon XSi) so it was lucky that the hawk was intent upon protecting his kill. I probably took over a hundred photos and this was the only one close to good. This is about an 80% crop. It was very near dark and I had no idea what I was doing in 2008.

 

[Ozarker]

In my front yard one morning.

 

[Ozarker]

Another

 

[Ozarker]

The juveniles are quite ugly!

 

[candyman]

CanonFanBoy...those are some excellent photos! Well done

 

[Northstar]

This didn't end well for the pigeon. I was driving through a parking lot when the Cooper's Hawk knocked the pigeon from the sky right in front of me. Feathers went everywhere! I had just started shooting (this is with a Canon XSi) so it was lucky that the hawk was intent upon protecting his kill. I probably took over a hundred photos and this was the only one close to good. This is about an 80% crop. It was very near dark and I had no idea what I was doing in 2008.

At first I wasn't sure what was happening in this photo! : 8)

Your description of the events make viewing the photo so much more interesting! Something I need to remind myself to do more often rather than just post a picture.

Thanks
North

 

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Another

Very nice shot, CanonFanBoy.

 

[Ozarker]

CanonFanBoy...those are some excellent photos! Well done

Thank you Candyman!

 

[Ozarker]

This didn't end well for the pigeon. I was driving through a parking lot when the Cooper's Hawk knocked the pigeon from the sky right in front of me. Feathers went everywhere! I had just started shooting (this is with a Canon XSi) so it was lucky that the hawk was intent upon protecting his kill. I probably took over a hundred photos and this was the only one close to good. This is about an 80% crop. It was very near dark and I had no idea what I was doing in 2008.

At first I wasn't sure what was happening in this photo! : 8)

Your description of the events make viewing the photo so much more interesting! Something I need to remind myself to do more often rather than just post a picture.

Thanks
North

Northstar, thank you!

 

[Ozarker]

Another

Very nice shot, CanonFanBoy.

Thank you!

 

[wyldeguy]

Found this hawk on my drive into work. It was a good day for me. Not so much for the field mouse under his talons.

 

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Nicely done, wyldeguy.