goshawk

This sought-after bird was quite a distance away, so the photo is heavily cropped and not as clear as I would like.

ssp indicus

not sure at first but sue and simon confirmed what i was thinking...

I took this pictures from a photography hide last week. Next Feb we planned to repeat the same wildlife photography tour. For more info, please visit the following link http://birdwatchingspain.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Photography-tour_Feb_Valencia.pdf

Managed to see this almost Buzzard-sized female Goshawk over the North Wessex Downs yesterday on the 28.07.18. Within a 10 minute period I had been watching Common Buzzards displaying, Red Kites soaring, Common Kestrels hovering and then to my suprise this beauty! The area is well known for its...

Pencil sketch

Female - ssp indicus. Uncommon resident breeder of Singapore.

Subadult - ssp indicus. It is the only resident accipiter species in Singapore.

A bit disappointed not to do better than this. For a whole 3 seconds this goshawk hovered over the water about 10 metres away trying to snatch an Eurasian Teal out of the water. No matter how much I bit my tongue I couldn't shake of the D7100s focus from the background to the subject. As it went...

Male. Ssp indicus. Uncommon resident breeder of Singapore.

I got a nice flight shot of a Northern Goshawk on October 1st, 2010 in the same location. This wasn't so close but it was an exciting encounter. I just took off my 1.4x teleconverter because of poor light. I don't know if it would have looked better a bit closer. I heard a whiff of wind behind...

Crested Goshawk

The Souther Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canourus) is a bird of prey. This hawk breeds in southern Africa. It is a resident of dry, open semi-desert.

Goshawk, Juvenile, 2nd year bird

Taken at my hide in the Brecon Beacons.

Close cropped portrait.

Taken at my hide in the Brecon Beacons,Wales.

Portrait shot of the male of the pair I have been photographing in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.

Another from Sundays session. Without a doubt the hardest species I have ever photographed!

Twelve months and a lot of time and hard work went into the planning to photograph these elusive birds and I finally had some results over the weekend.

Female from the browner-tinged crown and head sides. Ssp. indicus. Rare resident breeder of Singapore. Settings: 640mm ISO1600 1/640s f/9 0EV.

Adult with Fruit Bat for breakfast. It only took a few bites of the bat and then started calling out to the juvenile who flew in shortly to claim the catch. The goshawk caught the Fruit Bat when foraging among the tall palm trees where these bats usually roost. Probably a Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat.