Kentucky Red-shouldered Hawk

gjtoth · April 30, 2009, 01:39:23 PM

I was lucky today. This juvenile Red-shouldered hawk(?) stayed around long enough for me to use BOTH cameras on him. I'm only going to post one from each but, I'm including links to slideshows for each of the cameras as I have about a dozen from each. Distance was about 100-125 feet. Very overcast and shot through double-glaze window.

Nikon

Oly

I *had* to include this shot from the Oly of the hawk dodging a dive-bombing grackle. He took all he was about to for about 15 minutes then just vacated the premises. You can see the grackle just to the right of him as a black blur.

Oly slide show
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/gjtoth/Birds/RS%20Hawk%20-%20Oly/?albumview=slideshow

Nikon slide show
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/gjtoth/Birds/RS%20Hawk%20-%20Nikon/?albumview=slideshow

juanital · April 30, 2009, 08:10:48 PM

That is soooo cool...Is he regular visitor there? A few years ago-in the fall we had a hawk coming in for a quick meal at our birdfeeders, he was in and out just like that!!!!

gjtoth · April 30, 2009, 08:19:47 PM

Quote from: juanital on April 30, 2009, 08:10:48 PM
That is soooo cool...Is he regular visitor there? A few years ago-in the fall we had a hawk coming in for a quick meal at our birdfeeders, he was in and out just like that!!!!

This is a new guy, Juanita. Last year I had a mated pair of Cooper's hawks that staked out the field behind my property as their hunting grounds. I was able to open the door and get a couple of good shots of him during a hunt and capture.