My bird book has a very similar front view of a Broad-winged Hawk that looks
identical to the bird in Brendan's post.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]>
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
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