From Saturday

[BoboBird]

2 more from last Saturday. Fingers frozen but was fun.

1. Red-Tailed Hawk


2. Cardinal


Hmmm, site does not like 1200 wide.

[Andygod]

I love the hawk, not often they will sit still when you are close.  Of course the female cardinal is wonderful, I must have 1000 great cardinal pictures now and I still take more every time I see one, hoping one day for the perfect shot.

[mr.sharp-photo]

very nice

[cosmo3667]

holy crap that hawk shot is awesome

[Dinusaur]

Are you a Hawk whisperer? How close did you get to take this beautiful shot? Well done.

[purpun]

Beautiful!! What incredible shots.

[BoboBird]

Thanks Andy, Richard, Cosmo, Mark & Anna, Dinu - glad you like it.

[MEGHAN]

Frozen fingers?? Come on, it is so worth it!! Look at the RTH..beautiful, and the detail in the feathers of the Cardinal is super.
Maybe next time someone will dress a bit more appropriately hmmm  :wink:
Glad you toughed it out Bobo..you got some awesome images.

[BoboBird]

Thanks Meghan.

You know me, not one to give up easily. But.... I was stupid not to have geared up properly.

[paul_reeves]

Gorgeous photos.

[BoboBird]

Thanks Paul.

[JimL]

That's awesome, how close did you get this shot? I tried a number of times, but they just go away.
BTW, I am looking for your wonderful snowy shot :-)

[BoboBird]

Thanks Jim.

He was not far, maybe 30-40 feet. Seemed to be comfortable with people around as there were other people there. But took off about a minute or 2 later.

Snowy - thanks, I hope to get some soon if lucky, but with these guys I am never lucky. Anything similar to what you got and I would be over the moon.

[JimL]

Snowy - thanks, I hope to get some soon if lucky, but with these guys I am never lucky. Anything similar to what you got and I would be over the moon.

I am pretty sure you can get some wonderful shots, I had at most 1 hour each time when I was there.
And don't be too close to them even if you can. You know that, if they start to fly, you don't have time to move your lens. :-)

[BoboBird]

Thanks for the tip. Yes I know that, my plan is to do it similar to what you did - 30m or thereabouts.