Jack, I had to Google it myself. The first birds I saw didn't really look like it either. But, there are eastern and northern varieties, too. It took a minute before I saw a picture of one that looked the same.
-Brendan ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack Davis <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 5:42:19 AM > Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk > > Brendan, since my earlier post, I Googled the Red-Shouldered hawk and see > them >pictured with the same markings as yours a well as those I've seen. > So...guess it's up to someone else to settle it. ;) > > Jack > > --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk > > To: "pdml" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM > > So today I'm having lunch with my 3 > > year old when he starts pointing out the > > widow and saying, "Daddy, there's an owl! An owl!" I asked > > him where he was > > looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor > > in a tree not 25 > > feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still > > and I slowly got up > > and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, > > and it's 30 degrees out > > and snowing. No matter. > > > > > > I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature > > difference will fog the > > lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a > > hair dryer and from > > about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens > > ....gently. Finally I can > > line up the shot. > > > > Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take > > it. You almost never > > get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest > > image ever, but again, > > I'll take it. > > > > http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow >the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
