A hawk in the gardens
A hawk in the gardens
It is good to always be observant and looking around when going for a walk, take these shots, for example, I was heading out into the gardens to get some shots of Roses, but was also observant of things going on around me and noticed a lady up on the upper level leaning over to get some photos and I looked to see what she was taking photos of.
This is a post for #featheredfriday hosted by @keithboone, and I believe being run at the moment by @melinda010100.
I know its a day early but going with it today anyway LOL
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As you can see in the first shot it was a Hawk sitting on a Lamp in the gardens, Here is a closer in shot of the Hawk, which Someoen told ie is most likely a Red Tailed Hawk.
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I was lucky to see it when I got back up to my office after taking these shots I told a colleague who went down to see it and by the time he got downstairs, it was gone.
I think it may have flown through a storm or something as it was looking a little rough when I first saw it which you may notice a little in the previous shot, and it was focusing on preening itself up as it is in this next shot
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And a last shot closer in of it, isn't it such a beautiful bird
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How incredibly cool. I think it's tattered looking because it's a young bird pretty freshly out of the nest. Might also be part of the reason it was in a place you don't normally see them....
And yes. It's a beautiful bird...
Thanks for the info, that makes a lot of sense as to why it was there
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ENGAGEgo to steem-engine.com.Ohh yes indeed i was truly lucky to be Abe to get close enough to get these shots, Birds normally fly away from me lOL
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Wow, what a beauty, I really like the last 2 shots, probably my favorites overall. The soft background really makes the bird pop and so many fine details. Good eye for spotting that from your office! Watching like a Hawk paid off!!
LOL Watching like a Hawk, Not really i just needed a break from sitting a my desk and went for a stroll inthe gardens and happened upon it, I was lucky it left very soon after I took these shots
nice bird
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Thanks it was a cool surprise to see it
Beautiful bird indeed. I'm guessing you don't see a lot of hawks in N.Y.?
Hope he gets turned around and finds his flock but glad he dropped in for your photo shoot!
Probably out of the city they are a common site but I rarely see them in Manhattan
Love birds of prey; great photos!
Me to and I seldom ever get photos of them so this was a cool surprise
That's special! In South Africa we would see them often but I don't think there are any on this island
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They are seldom seen int he city in more remote areas there are plenty of them
Oh my gosh! It's a baby! If you look carefully at it oh, it still has some of its baby fluff! No wonder he's Meandering around the city oh, he probably got a little bit lost after he fledged. I actually was very surprised at how quickly mothers push their babies out of the nest. Seems like they just about get their feathers when they are being swept off into the world.
Wonderful shots and how lucky can you be? Catching such a wonderful moment it in your day. I hope you have a most awesome Thursday and unbelievably so, it is almost weekend!
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Someone else said the same about it being a Young one and that does perhaps explain why it stoped here, I never new they were kicked out on there own so young so that is something i have learnt today :)
Very close tot he weekend for me as I am telecommuting tomorrow as I have a follow up check with the Cardiologist and also it works out well or I timed it well with three Shipments arriving tomorrow for me I am kind of excited for them :)
Indeed i was so lucky to catch sight of this bird, it wasn’t there for too long
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Oh, telecommuting! How lucky are you? Good luck on the appointment although I am sure no surprises there.
What is coming in those shipments or is it a surprise?
Yes, because we have had so many birds nesting right outside our windows it has made it easy to see these habits. It really surprised me the first time I saw it. They have got to be survivors!
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Wow, that talon though! It makes me think of something out of Jurasic Park when the doctor is showing that kid the velociraptor claw.
I have to admit I did think the same a couple of people have said this is a very young one and that could explain how it ended up here in the gardens, either way it was so cool to see it and be able to get shots of it
You really managed to capture him perfectly and yes it sure is a spectacular looking bird. They are one of my all time favorites!
Some have said it is most likely a very young one which got lost which kind of makes sense as I don’t think I have ever seen one n the city before
Well, it is still nice that you got a chance to photograph him.
Ohh yes it sure was ;)
Great captures! My dog was barking outside and when I went to investigate she was “talking” to a pair of hawks that were on our roof and I watched as they each flew over to a neighbor’s tree. I think they are magnificent birds and I hope they eat all of the rats in our neighborhood. I also hope they have a nest nearby!
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They sure are magnificent birds a couple have said this one was very young, which perhaps got lost once out of the next, which kind of makes sense as I have never seen one in the city before i hope it made its way safely somewhere
How coo your dog alerted you to some ear you, would be cool if they Estes close by and you saw them often
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ENGAGEgo to steem-engine.com.Awesome, looks like a red tailed hawk, used to see them daily in NorCal.. They often get into sky fights with murders of crow which is epic.
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Yes on the other post where i shared a photo of this one someone else said it was the Red Tailed Hawk, others have said this is a very young one
Very nice photos!! This bird is very beautiful!
Thanks it was a pleasant surprise to see it and get shots
Fantastic red tail hawk photos! Glad you were aware he was there. Having a camera in your hand does cause you to be more observant. I love that head scratching shot! Thanks for entering these to #featheredfriday!
I was lucky to spot him he was only there for a short while andI think that head scratching shot is my favorite ;)
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Very nice close-up shots of the hawk!
Thanks I was so lucky to happen to walk out when it was there a few minutes after taking these shots it had flown away
All very good photos of a beautiful bird, but the two portrait shots are great, especially the one where he closes his eyes and scratches his head :)
I bet, your photos are worlds better than that womans photos ;)
I think you may be right about my photos being better than the woman but mainly because i had a good angle for shots, whereas she was stuck up there and couldn't get down to where I was
I to love the shot of its scratching its head
You had so much luck that day: a hawk so close and fearless sitting there and posing nice for you. He even was making some fun by scratching his head. You had a long lens with you, and your position to shoot was perfect, as far as I can tell from the photos.
I also saw a hawk this morning. He flew beside the road, but I had no chance to stop - maybe next time 😁
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Yes Fate was kind to me that day, as I was heading outside it was to take shots of the roses in the garden and I was kind of frustrated I had the zoom lens and not the macro with me, but then I saw the Hawk and was happy I had the 24-240 with me :)
How cool you also saw a Hawk, Hopefully next time you do you will be able to get shots of it
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Have a great weekend
About the same happened to me this morning after I saw the Hawk. I wanted to shoot some macros at the reservoir, but I have put the 70-200 on the camera, just in case I see a bird for featheredfriday before I get to my insects. I saw a group of swans, and when I photographed them I saw another animal 😁
I wish you a nice weekend too.
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How cool is that the right lens at the right time for such a cool shot ;)
That's for tonight's post. I have seen and photographed them quite a few times by now, but none has looked direct at me, and no photo was really sharp or any good. Today I have got a few quite sharp photos, but the 70-200 is too short - I know now, what to save for ;)
I suspected it would be for tonight’s post how cool it was looking right at you
A longer lens would have been so handy right then do you have one in mind to get ?
Right :)
The 100-400mm is about 2.200 Euro new, and the 2x teleconverter is about 400 Euro. This is much too much at the moment, and not even necessary, to be honest, as long as the Steem does not get more valuable ;)
The sony 100-400 and the converter are about the same price range here, thats why for a longer lens I am considering the Sigma 150-600 if I ever want a longer lens which with the MC-11 converter is about 1K
Tamron has also a 150-600mm lens. The Canon lens is definitely too expensive for me. But I think, I have spent enough for my photography by now. I will wait for a while, save my money, and decide in a few months, what to buy :)
Yes I was reading reviews of the Tamron and Sigma and If I was ever to go for one that long I am leaning on the Sigma, but thats a few months away for me as well, I will probably be able to get one or maybe two lenses before I retire, but are not 100$ sure which ones I will go for
I did decide to go for some fun lenses this week and the Lensbaby Optic Kit arrived today, hope to play with it tomorrow
I have been watching some YouTube comparisons of the Tamron and the Sigma 150-600 as well as the Canon 100-400. The Canon is best, of course, but best for the price would be the new Tamron G2, I think ... I'll see, but as I know me, a new long lens will be in the house long before I have saved the money ... maybe this time a used one 😁
I'm looking forward to your lens-baby photos. These lenses seem to make fun and artistic photos.
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Yes the canon is an amazing lens for sure from what I have read, I seldom look at used lens but if I am ever considering a long lens like that perhaps I should :)
I hope your weekend has started well, the sun is shining here and its going to be a nice warm day, I may head out for a walk soon with the lensbaby and the Macro and see what I can get
Yes, my weekend has started well - with a rainy day, and tomorrow it will be raining too, says the weather forecast, but we'll see.
Tomorrow I am going to test a long lens - the Sigma 150-600 you were talking about. It is the comtemporary version, which is not so heavy, and costs a lot less than the sports version. It is about 800 Euros here, and if I like it, I will not wait, until I can afford the Canon, but I'll see tomorrow :)))
Sorryt o hear you had rain, we had a nice sunny day today and I got out for some walks and mainly around where i live so didnt get many photos but the walking was what I needed
cool you are trying out the Sigma, I am looking forward to hearing what you think of it
I'm glad you had a nice day and walk.
Yes, we had rain, and it's still raining. I am sitting in my car and wait for the rain to stop, what might be soon, I hope 😁
Then I can go for a short walk and some testshots with the Sigma, but I can tell you, it's heavy.
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Ohh yeah I have felt it and it is heavy, but for a lens with that reach it has to be expected to be heavier, I look forward to hearing how you do with it and congrats with number 16 in the engagement league an SBI share is on its way to you
I cannot do much testing today, because this lens needs light. It's rainy and gray outside, but we still have a few hours of daylight, or I test it tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks a lot for the SBI. I know, I should do more commenting, but replying is a lot of work too 😎
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Lets hope you can test it our tomorrow dang the weather for ruining your chance
Ohh yes keeping up with comments can be quite a time consuming without a doubt, but replies also count as interaction :)
I could test today, because the sun came out, but I have told you this in a former reply, I think ;)
Right, especially, when you are out photographing and come home late, and you have to make a post also, but before this you have to look through the photos and edit the ones you want to post, because you haven't prepared anything before, what I seldom do ;)
Yes I think we did discuss that and for a quick post they were great even for a prepared post they were great
I generally try to have 4 or 5 posts already n drafts ready to go for days I dont have time to quickly edit and do a posst, but I am running low at the moment so will try and prepare some posts this evening
I always want to prepare one or two posts in advance, but I am always too lazy, and ... I cannot find another reason, but I think, I have to think about it, because especially in the summertime I might not be able to post every day.
It is hard to find the time to prepare in advance at times always other thing to do but once I got a few prepared in advance I have found it easier generally to maintain a few prepared Incase something happens and I don’t have time
I fully agree with you, but until now I haven't found the time to prepare a few posts, and I always could manage to post in the evening ;)
But now the days are so much longer, and coming home to post is sometimes hard, when it's beautiful outside.
Yesterday it was so nice at the reservoir after the rain, but I had to drive home, not only for my posting, but also for my kids, because my wife was not at home over the weekend :)
Of course family and work have to come first, I can understand you get out for such good trips for photos I int know where you find the time to do the posts you do as it is, so keep shooting and sharing
Work comes first? Seriously? LOL
Most of the times I go shooting on weekends early in the mornings. My family usually sleeps very, very long - the kids sleep sometimes till noon, when I usually come home :)
Well Thts what the say it used to for me but not so much these days LOL
I have no excuse not to catch sunrises, MY wife normally sleeps in till 8Am so this weekend i really need to get my act together and catch a sunrise
I'm looking forward to nice sunrise photos by you, maybe at the beach, or at the ponds, where you usually walk? You decide, of course, surprise us :)
I will do my best to not only surprise you but surprise myself as well this last few week I have struggled to get going on the weekends I need to break myself out of that
For me it is easy to get up, when I don't need to go to work, what means, from Monday to Friday I don't like to get up ;)
On holidays and on weekends, I can get up at any time :)
I used to wake easy and get moving same time everyday of the week nit sure why now I am struggling on weekends fir the getting moving part lol
They say, when you get older you don't need so much sleep anymore.
I dont think so - I like to get up early, but I also go to bed early.
When I sleep late, I hate to get up in the morning, although I do it, because "I might miss something": maybe a beautiful sunrise, maybe only a calm and peaceful morning at the lake or my balcony ;) lol
I have read that you need less sleep as you get older fir me it seems to be the opposite until I hit 50 I rarely slept more than 4 hours now I need 6 as for getting motivated and out I think it’s just with nit going out over the long winter I have just got into a rut and need to kick myself back into gear
Oh, it's the oposite with me: When I was younger I used to sleep longer. I have tried to sleep at least 8 hours. Now I go to bed at about 10-11, sometimes a bit later, but very seldom. Usualy my alarm rings at 5, what means that I could sleep at least for 6 hours, just like you ;)
But when I need to get up at 2:30 or 3 I don't have any problems either.
As I wrote above, when I was younger I really tried to have a sleeping time of about 8 hours. Now I do not care about the hours anymore, but I try to sleep as much as I can to be "motivated", as you say ;)
These days I go to bed at about 10 or 10:30 and get up around 4 so around 6 hours but then again I do snooze for half an hour on the train most mornings never in the evening coming home or i wont sleep at night, Last Night i just couldn’t sleep as usual it was about 1Am I finally feel asleep
I think there are all kinds of theories about how much sleep one should get, for meI look at it simply, if you wake up and feel ready for the day you have had enough sleep whether its 4 6 or 10 hours sleep :)
I never feel ready on work days - should I stay in bed then? Lol
Seriously, I fully agree, apart from the weekends, where I get up anyway ... 99% 😁
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LOL I would say sure stay in bed but your boss may have a different opinion, for me I have never had a problem getting up and going to work
But i do need to get my priority right and start getting u and heading out early morning on weekends
Right, the weekends are more important 😁
I think, my boss wouldn't mind, if there's no urgent work or so to do, because I have to work the lost hours on another day 🙃
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OK thts cool you sort of have a flexible work hour concept that can be so handy at times
That's true, and as long as my account of working hours is on the positive side, everything is good :)
Yes Indeed, withme I think the boss isnt to worried about the working hours, as long as I m Turing out the things he needs he is happy, Nd he has yet to realize how quick I can turn things out and hence how much free time can have if I need
Your boss knows, what you are worth ... and soon your free time will never end :)))
Well I will see when I met with him soon time will tell
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I cannot do much testing today, because this lens needs light. It's rainy and gray outside, but we still have a few hours of daylight, or I test it tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks a lot for the SBI, I appreciate it. I know, I should do more commenting, but replying is a lot of work too 😎
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You really got lucky with this one, but are great photographer as well of course. I see these boys flying up in the sky, but nowhere near would one sit down. I have some ducks and gees for #featheredfriday, so watch out, lol.
Ducks guess and seagulls are normally the only birds I ever get shots of, I was so lucky this one happened to land in this spot and get some shots I normally also only ever see them in the distance
Oh my gosh! Me too! Well that's my post for tomorrow, lol.
I look forward to seeing it :)
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What a wonderful city sighting, yes I have heard small hawks arriving in the city of NY there was an article a couple of years ago about how they were learning to live on high ledges of buildings, swoop over the parks and take a few pigeons or rats for food. At the time I still thought, well done another gold star for nature taking back a bit of her own!
Yes indeed it was a cool sighting, and now that you mention it I do remember seeing some in Central park once, and discovered they had a nest on one of the buildings and were doing just as you say and I thought how cool is that I only ever saw them in the distance never close enough for good shots
That may have been a once in a lifetime photography session, now you know they are around you will be looking up and down, birds tend to do that to us.
Yes I do believe it was just that a once in a lifetime thing to see and I count myself blessed to have seen it I have been looking around since I saw it and have not seen any sign of them at all
Walking early mornings before the crowds arrive you may get lucky enough to see them hunting for breakfast, yes rare moments in sightings like this are cherished.
Early morning is when I do most of my walks, I love when it is quiet,