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which hawk, Austin Texas (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter sheld
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Red-shouldered Hawk (immature). The tail is too short for an Accipiter and lacks the distinct barring. Also the bulky build, large head and large bill point more towards Buteo than Accipter. Young accipiters have yellow eyes as well. The checkered secondaries are good for Red-shouldered Hawk.
Andy
Andy
The Falcon
Registered Birder
Agree, Red-shouldered Hawk.
NicholasDeMaio
Active member
Sheld, what gear did you use to capture that image? Thanks...
This was a 2.75:1 crop from a 150-500mm Sigma on a Pentax DSLR. I figure the hawk was a little over a hundred feet away, across the pond, roughly the size of a fullmoon. The shot was taken just before sunset. I might've mucked up the saturation and color by switching from auto white balance to daylight white balance, and upping the saturation a bit. I don't have the original RAW file on my work computer. I don't think it was the best shot, but it is a bird I haven't seen before in our neighborhood, and its always great to add a new bird to my collection. I would've preferred to have been able to get a shot from forty feet away .....
- Sheldon
Here's a Cedar Waxwing, same lens, same bird outing, slightly cropped, that is tack sharp and would enlarge beautifully.
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