I have been watching this Red Shouldered Hawk nest a few miles from my office since I noticed it on a bicycle ride a couple of months back. The nest is about 40-50 feet up and at least as far from the road. Today I finally caught the two chicks. They look about ready to fledge any day now. Tough to hand hold and even tougher to focus on the birds and not the nest, but I will take what I can get.
Last edited by kgosden; 05-09-2011 at 10:10 PM.
Reason: Wrong type of hawk on first ID
Nice shot, Ken -- especially considering it's 600mm equivalent focal length and hand-held! One question: were you dangling 40-50 ft up in the air at the time?
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Yes it is a good capture kg just shows what a bit of planning gets. I'll echo Les' question, how did you get that close at that angle if it was 40 feet up?
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The tree base is slightly downhill from the road, but still about 20-25 feet above the road level. It is a bit deceptive as the chicks are on the edge of the nest peering out. The nest is a bit higher on the front than the rear. From the look of the wing feathers in this shot I am betting they will be flying this week.
Nice shots KG. The only raptors nesting in my area are Peregrine Falcons, on top of a multi-story building. There are others in the surrounding areas outside the city but as I don't drive I can't get where they are. So, I shoot what I can.
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Nice shots all.
Falcon, how close are you getting to have such clean backgrounds at f8 (if my exif viewers right). 2ndly do you have an editing program, I tried a little selective brightening of the bird - hope you don't mind
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