Cooper's Hawk - composite photos showing different flight postures
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David McCauley
Apr 4, 2009, 9:59:08 AM4/4/09
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Hello All:
As spring is here in NY, my eyes search the skies for glimpses of migration.
I am used to seeing soaring Red-tailed hawks here at Forest Park, Queens New York. I have been following migration reports from upstate NY with interest on HAWKCOUNT...... Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed hawk, Red-shouldered hawk, Bald eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned hawk........... Yesterday I got some interesting views of a migrating Cooper's Hawk - Accipter cooperii - Gavilán de Cooper (Sp) I was able to get about 20 shots of the same Cooper's Hawk as it circled, caught some rise on a slight thermal, then proceeded northward.
Canon EOS 40 D with 400mm 5.6
It is impossible show in a single shot, a defining flight posture. Flight is dynamic and variable with raptors adjusting flight to meet the conditions.
I own a tattered copy of Jerry Liguori's HAWKS FROM EVERY ANGLE - How to identify raptors in flight.
Princeton University Press. This is one of the best books out there on ID ing raptors in flight.
Good birding.
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David McCauley
Veracruz Mexico/NYC
http://veracruzhawkwatch.blogspot.com/
"Doing what you like is freedom.Liking what you do is happiness." -my fortune cookie July 8, 2008
As spring is here in NY, my eyes search the skies for glimpses of migration.
I am used to seeing soaring Red-tailed hawks here at Forest Park, Queens New York. I have been following migration reports from upstate NY with interest on HAWKCOUNT...... Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed hawk, Red-shouldered hawk, Bald eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned hawk........... Yesterday I got some interesting views of a migrating Cooper's Hawk - Accipter cooperii - Gavilán de Cooper (Sp) I was able to get about 20 shots of the same Cooper's Hawk as it circled, caught some rise on a slight thermal, then proceeded northward.
Canon EOS 40 D with 400mm 5.6
It is impossible show in a single shot, a defining flight posture. Flight is dynamic and variable with raptors adjusting flight to meet the conditions.
I own a tattered copy of Jerry Liguori's HAWKS FROM EVERY ANGLE - How to identify raptors in flight.
Princeton University Press. This is one of the best books out there on ID ing raptors in flight.
Good birding.
--
David McCauley
Veracruz Mexico/NYC
http://veracruzhawkwatch.blogspot.com/
"Doing what you like is freedom.Liking what you do is happiness." -my fortune cookie July 8, 2008
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