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PanamonCreel
Celaya
Mexico (Zone 10a)
 July 24, 2007 2:51 AM Post #3771588
| ...so have to ask the Pros here :)
This fellow was sitting there very still hoping that I wouldn't see him/her
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PanamonCreel
Celaya
Mexico (Zone 10a)
July 24, 2007 2:52 AM Post #3771592
| This one was eying me very carefully but let me come very close 
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PanamonCreel
Celaya
Mexico (Zone 10a)
July 24, 2007 2:53 AM Post #3771597
| Not far away a few more 
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gldandrews
Andrews, NC (Zone 6a)
July 24, 2007 3:11 AM Post #3771690
| #1 a Cedar Waxwing
#2 possibly a Cooper's Hawk |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
July 24, 2007 3:23 AM Post #3771802
| Great pics PC!!! Thanks for posting them! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
July 24, 2007 3:29 AM Post #3771980
| That's a juvenile Cedar Waxwing; right? |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA (Zone 7a)
July 24, 2007 4:37 AM Post #3772144
| Absolutely stunning photos - I felt like I could stroke the feathers on the hawks!!!! |
goldfinch4
Ripon, WI (Zone 4a)
July 24, 2007 11:25 AM Post #3772504
| Nice pictures! Those hawks are awesome! |
halo
Citra, FL
July 24, 2007 11:54 AM Post #3772558
| Great sharp pictures! And you captured a picture of the rare Headless Hawk!! Wow...
Just kidding...nice pictures! |
lilyfantn
Kingsport, TN (Zone 6b)
July 24, 2007 12:32 PM Post #3772635
| Wonderful photos Panamon!!! Stunning detail on those hawk pictures. What kind of lens do you use? I agree with everyone's assesment of the juvenile cedar waxwing because it looks so much like the parent but with camaflouge. :-) I am thrilled when I see waxwings here and I have never seen a juvenile one so your photo is a special treat for me!!
ROFLOL - "headless hawk" You are too funny halo! |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
July 24, 2007 5:17 PM Post #3773786
| Yep, juvenile Cedar Waxwing and juvenile Cooper's Hawks.
Resin
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Lilypon
Moose Jaw, SK (Zone 3b)
July 25, 2007 12:12 AM Post #3775441
| ah ha now my brain freeze has lessened (told ya Milan I knew that juvenile bird)...now if I could only have the flash prior to ten others naming it ;) |
PanamonCreel
Celaya
Mexico (Zone 10a)
July 25, 2007 12:45 AM Post #3775574
| Thanks for the IDs folks!!!!
Re.: headless hawk, yeah I was scratching my head when I saw the headless thumbnail the first time wondering how the heck I got a headless photo posted :)
Re.: lens used, I had my "Universal" 18-200MM VR Nikkor mounted for that picture. It's not the sharpest lens in my arsenal but as said in the intro this fellow allowed me to get really close at around 5-6 feet (with a few branches in the way though) which allowed me to frame him nicely.
Pam, get another slushy and freeze that brain again :)
Another pic just to make sure that the head is still there ;)
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Lilypon
Moose Jaw, SK (Zone 3b)
July 25, 2007 1:12 AM Post #3775735
| LOLOLOL oh c'mmon 122 F is pretty nasty (by the way that system is ever, ever so slowly heading your way). :)~ |
lilyfantn
Kingsport, TN (Zone 6b)
July 25, 2007 1:38 PM Post #3777202
| Wow, I'm impressed that you could get that close! Those are amazing shots with a 200mm lens. |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA (Zone 7a)
July 25, 2007 3:48 PM Post #3777680
| I really am in awe! |
heyitsmejudy
Lawrenceville, GA
July 25, 2007 4:02 PM Post #3777725
| Great photos, Panamon... especially that incredible one of the hawk looking right at the camera. Did you have a rat in your other hand waving it at him to get him to pose like that?!?!?! Seems to work at the kid's portrait studios... albeit, not with a rat, in most cases. |
PanamonCreel
Celaya
Mexico (Zone 10a)
July 25, 2007 4:33 PM Post #3777842
| LOL, no attention getting toys used, I think he would have smelled a rat if I'd done that ;) |
