theviking
Bronze Member
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Another tough little raptor that hunts in our backyard.
Another tough little raptor that hunts in our backyard.
Don in SJ said:Great photos, we have had both the Cooper and the Sharpie at our feeders, they sure love Morning Doves. I got to hold a Cooper that zigged when he should have zagged a couple years back, he flew right into our dining room window while attacking the feeder closest to it. It was a large "clunk" looked over saw the down type feathers flying and some stuck to the window, upon looking down, there he was sitting on the patio kind of stunned. I was not sure he was going to make it, but he let me pick him up, I saw no broken wings so I hoped he would recover shortly, which after placing him in the backyard, about half hour later he took off.
Don
theviking said:Thanks for the comments guys. Hammered, I am using a Nikon D-40 with a 55-200mm vr lens. The Hawk pictured above was only about 30 feet from my backdoor so it was an easy shot. Thanks again Ryan and Hammered.
hammered said:theviking said:Thanks for the comments guys. Hammered, I am using a Nikon D-40 with a 55-200mm vr lens. The Hawk pictured above was only about 30 feet from my backdoor so it was an easy shot. Thanks again Ryan and Hammered.
I am tempted to go for the Canon EOS 7D with the 18 to 135mm lens to start with and , maybe going for the 75 to 300mm a bit later .
hammered