Hawk Poses | Anticipation After scanning for a while, the Rad-tailed Hawk seems to have spotted a potential prey. It’s sharply focused at something in the clearing below. Notice the change in posture as well as intent in its face. For the whole story with all images, see Hawk Poses | a 7 Image Story.
Hawk Poses | Scanning The Rad-tailed Hawk sat on its perch scanning the clearing below for prey. Its perch was not very high; only 20-30 feet off the ground. With its keen eyesight, it can easily spot the smallest movement below. For the whole story with all images, see Hawk Poses | a 7 Image Story.
Hawk Poses | a 7 Image Story It’s all about a single hawk, a Red-tailed Hawk, that posed for me at several locations along my walkabout today through the forest. While walking along the trail, I spotted the hawk in a tree about twenty yards off the trail. It must be accustomed to people walking the trail. It did not move as I walked by and stopped to capture images with different poses from different angles. It was obviously hunting. Then suddenly, it would take off after its prey. After a miss, it would then land on the branch of another tree along the path. As I approached again, it would let me captive several poses before moving to another tree along the trail. It did not seem to care about me. Rather, its attention was focused sharply on hunting.
Red-tailed Hawks blend into the the background forest so well it’s hard to get a nice image. Even after several locations and several angles at each location, the backgrounds are still distracting. Perhaps, another walkabout through the woods after a snowfall will yield better images. Most Red-tailed Hawks around here stay all winter.
Photog Note: The Nikon 1 V3 is still my preferred carry camera for capturing daily walkabout images. It shoots much like a DSLR, but is much lighter to carry. Although a bit noisy at higher ISOs, the image quality is quite good, particularly for posting. The 2.7 crop factor helps improve images where the subject is very small like birds. Even very large birds, like the red-tailed hawk, get pretty small in the frame at even a short distance. A Nikon AFS 70-300mm lens on a Nikon 1 V3 with its 2.7 crop factor, becomes a 189-810mm lens. Of course, the image quality will not be nearly as good as with the expensive lens, but it’s still possible to capture very nice bird images. For more information on bird photography with a Nikon 1 V3, see Nikon 1 V3 for Birds | a 7 Image Story.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Hawk Poses.
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Summer Walkabout Flowers | Black-eyed Susans More than two dozen wild species of Black-eyed Susans are native to North America. All of these species have yellow petals radiating from a central knob. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | Yellow Day Lily Daylilies can grow from one to four feet high. They establish quickly, grow vigorously, and easily survive winters. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | Salmon Day Lily Daylilies have been cultivated for over 2,500 years. Perhaps, that’s why daylilies include over 80,000 different flowers. They love to be in the sun all day long. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | Drumstick Allium Drumstick Allium is a type of ornamental onion with egg-shaped blooms. It blooms in early summer with oval shaped burgundy colored blooms on wiry stems. By the way, the word Allium means onion in Latin. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | Entrapment Lily The super blooming Entrapment daylily can grow 800 blooms per plant. It’s easy to grow and produces vibrant, 5″ blooms that repeat during the season. They show their blooms in late spring during the normal Daylily season and then again just before fall. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
