Nice! I confirmed it is a Cooper's Hawk via Merlin. Do they publish an online version?
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All About Birds is the Cornell Labs online bird site and they are the ones behind the Merlin app.
The "compare" to similar species in the online setup is quite useful.
Online bird guide, bird ID help, life history, bird sounds from Cornell
Use our Bird Guide to identify birds, learn about the life history, listen to the sounds, and watch bird behavior on video--the most comprehensive guide to North American birds
www.allaboutbirds.org
I believe it's somewhat difficult to identify as Cooper's vs Sharpshinned. Had a family nest in a neighbor's tree a couple years ago. The young ones would sit on our garage and in the driveway. Really cool watching them grow up. Weren't many song birds around that summer!
The telltale, is the tail, and agree. Need binoculars. Years ago, I saw one or the other land by some bushes in our backyard, and it literally ran around amongst the bushes chasing a sparrow or junco. I was like, WTH!
Was waiting for an Alliant Energy guy this morning (to replace our gas meter) and heard a very loud thump. Looked out the back - nothing. Looked out front and saw a very stunned robin just in front of the window and another nearby on the neighbor’s fence. After the replacement was complete, I checked in front again.
Window 1, robin - 0.
Window 1, robin - 0.
He decided to come out and visit for a bit.
Great Horned Owl babies update. Seems owlets are too two big for mom to be in the nest as she was roosted on a branch behind the nest. It's a pretty small nest.
I was doing my Sesame Street Count Van Count with "One owlet! Two fabulous owlets! Three owlets! Ah! Ah! Ah!" as I finally caught a good look at all three. Also spied the dad so was able to do a five count.
Terrible light today and WAY far out so not a great photo but still fun to see the little nuggets.
I was doing my Sesame Street Count Van Count with "One owlet! Two fabulous owlets! Three owlets! Ah! Ah! Ah!" as I finally caught a good look at all three. Also spied the dad so was able to do a five count.
Terrible light today and WAY far out so not a great photo but still fun to see the little nuggets.
These were at the ISU - Arizona State softball game yesterday. I wasn't sure if I could put more than one image in a post so did them individually. I wish this wasn't my only contribution to this thread.
What was the focal length of the lense? By the way, fine job on the images thank you for sharing.
We have Loon's on our lake in Southern Iowa right now. Their stay is usually short, but we love listening to them while they're here each Spring and Fall.
canon ef 500mm f4. Got very lucky because the sun was quite harsh and I was on the right side with the sun behind me. Otherwise would have been backlit pretty bad.
It was so bright I had to stop the lens down to f5 just to get a 1/4000 shutter speed. ISO was 400.
That is a nice lens. Did you purchase new or used? The f5 also helps a bit with the depth of field. Were these images taken off-hand? Sorry, I love talking photography and gear.
