Thanks, Brendan. Glad you ran into the same "soft" information. ;)
Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:49 AM > 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. > -- 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.
