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Hawk paid a visit

Started Feb 11, 2021 | Discussions thread
Rawpaul
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Re: Hawk paid a visit

Alastair Norcross wrote:

When we got back from our run this morning, I noticed that a hawk was paying a visit to our front yard. There are a bunch of small birds living in a bush out front, but they were sensible enough to make themselves scarce! While my wife kept an eye on the hawk, I went inside, got my R, attached the Tamron 100-400, and went back out to find that it was still there, but had moved from a branch at eye level down to one near the ground. It (he? she?) obligingly posed for a few minutes before flying off.

I didn't have time to grab my touchscreen sensitive gloves, so my hands were well and truly frozen by the time I finished (it was 16 F, which is -9 C), but it was worth it.

My sister-in-law, who saw a picture my wife took with her phone, says it's a Cooper's Hawk. Does that sound right?

Beautifull , what a gorgious bird !!!!

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