Fionna
I love the first capture, very beautiful and a wonderful pose. Typically, I like extremely blurry, blown out backgrounds, but I love the DOF in this shot as it really places him in his environment. Awesome work as always
The first one is unlikely to be a Swainson's Hawk if the shot was taken in Florida. They are mainly found in the western half of the U.S. and the coloring doesn't look quite right. It might be a Broad-winged Hawk, but I've never seen one up close so don't take that as gospel.
The second one looks a lot like a Red-shouldered or a Red-tailed Hawk. I'm not certain on that one either but it looks more like a Red-shoulder than any other hawk I'm familiar with. Do you happen to have a shot of it from behind or with it's wings spread?
The third one, well if you insist on calling it a "hawk" I would guess is related to the Eastern Pond Hawk, being one of the few "hawks" that like water... but those are usually blue and much, MUCH smaller.
Once again, nice shots. ...and thanks for sharing them.
The third one, well if you insist on calling it a "hawk" I would guess is related to the Eastern Pond Hawk, being one of the few "hawks" that like water... but those are usually blue and much, MUCH smaller.
Once again, nice shots. ...and thanks for sharing them.
pcho wrote:
Great shots Fiona. I like no 1 too. Are these hawks hard to capture?
I like the ripple effect on the water in the gator picture too.
Perry
This particular hawk that I took was very cooperative but others, were not. He let me take of his pic and get close before he flew.
I like the ripple effect too
Thanks a lot, Perry.
Braingiant wrote:
Fionna
I love the first capture, very beautiful and a wonderful pose. Typically, I like extremely blurry, blown out backgrounds, but I love the DOF in this shot as it really places him in his environment. Awesome work as always
Thanks for stopping by. You are so kind, Charles.
I appreciate your positive feedback.
The first one is unlikely to be a Swainson's Hawk if the shot was taken in Florida. They are mainly found in the western half of the U.S. and the coloring doesn't look quite right. It might be a Broad-winged Hawk, but I've never seen one up close so don't take that as gospel.
The second one looks a lot like a Red-shouldered or a Red-tailed Hawk. I'm not certain on that one either but it looks more like a Red-shoulder than any other hawk I'm familiar with. Do you happen to have a shot of it from behind or with it's wings spread?
The third one, well if you insist on calling it a "hawk" I would guess is related to the Eastern Pond Hawk, being one of the few "hawks" that like water... but those are usually blue and much, MUCH smaller.
Once again, nice shots. ...and thanks for sharing them.
-Steve
Edited by smaug on Jul 26, 2004 at 08:40 PM GMT...Show more →
Thank you very much for the ID, Steve.
Now when I look at it again #2, it might has been red shoulder hawk. In term of the location, I agree with you #2 picture, the swainson hawk found in the western half of US. However, according to my bird's book, it looks similar to light morph swansion, so I assume that
Once again, thanks for your compliment. I really appreciate it.
. Great shots Fionna!