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Archive 2011 · Hawk a-hunting

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p.1 #1 · Hawk a-hunting

I was treated to observing a hawk hunting pukeko (swamphen) on Thursday afternoon. The action was pretty far away (100m to 200m, x3 for feet). I grabbed my Canon 30D and 170-500mm Sigma as this combo gave me the most reach. Even so, I have had to crop to make them showable.

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Here is a sampler from the peak of this drama

The whole series can be enjoyed here:
http://jankaluza.com/fred.html#hawk

Dec 09, 2011 at 12:26 AM

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p.1 #2 · Hawk a-hunting

cool - did he actually get one?!?!?!

Dec 09, 2011 at 01:19 AM

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p.1 #3 · Hawk a-hunting

Nice capture

Morris

Dec 09, 2011 at 01:37 AM

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p.1 #4 · Hawk a-hunting

Nice shot, and a great set on your website! Great narration, I was beginning to wonder if the poor hawk would ever get away!
-John

Dec 09, 2011 at 03:18 AM

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p.1 #5 · Hawk a-hunting

dorian wrote:
cool - did he actually get one?!?!?!

Sure did! It was hauling it off to have a meal that was the challenge. The rest of the Pukekos were waging an active campaign against the hawk. The whole thing started about 4:10pm and went on until 4:55pm .. so a good 45 minutes.

John - glad you enjoyed the narration. It was awesome to watch this in real life as I had never seen something like it before.

Dec 09, 2011 at 05:08 AM

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