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Uploaded: 05/08/11 5:24 PM GMT
Hawk season 2011
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I might have said this before, but when life gives you lemons, it's time to make lemonade.

Not the greatest of angles through the undergrowth, but the lighting was just right and this timid bird obliged long enough to get the glint in her eye. Perhaps a female and a potential mother.

Happy Mother's Day!

ps. I think this might be a "Coopers Hawk".

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.elektronist
05/08/11 6:01 PM GMT
Nice capture, John. She has beautiful eyes.

Tanju
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.koca
05/08/11 8:38 PM GMT
Great macro, lovely bird.
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.Tedi
05/08/11 8:52 PM GMT
Very pretty bird, it has beautiful eyes. Excellent photo.
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::tigger3
05/08/11 9:27 PM GMT
I look forward to one day getting one this good. Tigs♥ =^..^=

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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Jimbobedsel
05/08/11 11:41 PM GMT
Beautifully done, John. I rarely see a hawk, unless it is way up yonder in the blue clear sky.
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.gonedigital
05/09/11 12:27 AM GMT
It's always great to see birds of prey especially in the wild. Very nice camera work John.
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Just chill.
::billyoneshot
05/09/11 1:13 AM GMT
John I think that it was just right. The angle is perfect and the glint in her eye is probrably for the new father.
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Billy
::Dunstickin
05/09/11 7:08 AM GMT
Nicely caught...the only time I snap one of these is on someones arm!...
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* A picture is the expression of an impression * .. .. OwdBob'sGallery
::0930_23
05/09/11 3:25 PM GMT
When life gives you feathers, you get tickled and make a pillow John. A good shot given what you had to work with.

TicK


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Cameras are like people--sometimes they lose focus.
::Inkeri
05/09/11 4:59 PM GMT
Beautiful looking hawk.Very Nice photo,John.
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.Eubeen
05/09/11 5:12 PM GMT
Mrs. Cooper has herself a nice hawk. A good capture, John, under these conditions. Nice details in the feather pattern.
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Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. - Philip Guston
.bgeek
05/10/11 12:18 AM GMT
Not too bad. I agree its difficult to get close to these guys without spooking them.
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.icedancer
05/10/11 4:27 PM GMT
Excellent timed and really like the looks in his eyes. He's really a beautiful hawk and you're so lucky to get that close.
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