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My Pic of the day......Hawk
William81
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Getting the hang of this new lens slowly...this hawk was circling my yard at about 200 feet....
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U having U one hell of a good time with that cam and new lense,ain'tcha?
It keeps me out of trouble and gives me a reason to go outside and avoid the stuff I should be doing [:)][;)]
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
U having U one hell of a good time with that cam and new lense,ain'tcha?
It keeps me out of trouble and gives me a reason to go outside and avoid the stuff I should be doing [:)][;)]
It's a fact...
We all need a healthy safe distraction from time to time.
Photography is a great hobby...
U seem to be pretty damn good at it too.
Then again,with today's digital,autofocus,anti jiggle technology,My 91 yo Pop could prob. get a pic almost that good too....LOL
Just yankin U chain Will. good lookin pix man!!
I thought retirement was about not doing the things you didn't want to. Great picture.
I hope it becomes that one of these days !!!!
Great pic of the big raptor! Is that a redtail hawk?
I thinks so....but if someone else know for sure I am listening
Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Nice picture by the way.
Where did you get the baby hawks?
What did you feed the birds?
Did you successfully return them to the wild?
I have a soft spot in my heart for red tailed hawks. When I was a wild young man I used to fly hang gliders from Lookout Mountain Georgia.
One day, I was about 3,000 feet above the Lookout Valley and I got right above a red tailed hawk. I was about 50 feet away from the big bird, he had a wing span of about 5 feet. I watched him for about 2 minutes, watched him flip his tail and wing feathers as he maneuvered in the spring breeze. What a beautiful big animal!
Too bad I didn't have a video cam with me that day, I would love to post that video on here.
When I was kid, my aunt and uncles house had a picture window at each end of a large living room. One day my aunt heard a fairly common Thud of a small bird flying into the window. However, this particular thud was was followed by a huge THUD! She went out to look and a huge Red Tail Hawk was laying on the ground knocked out next to a small bird. She put he Hawk in a box and my cousin kept it in a cage for a few months! Big SOB, and very cool!!
Y'all raised some red tails from chicks? What in the world?
Where did you get the baby hawks?
What did you feed the birds?
Did you successfully return them to the wild?
We got the chick from nests. We would locate a nest, then wait 1 to 2 weeks after hatching to remove a chick. Red Tails lay from 1 to 3 eggs at a time.
We fed them primarily raw chicken, but also some red meat. To keep their hunting skills up we would buy a small bunny at the pet store, take it to an open school field (when no one was around) let the bird see it, then take it about 100yds away and let it fly.
We kept them for around 5 years. They live for up to 20 years. These birds are very trainable and are used for hunting.
Nice pic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00aYgbwDaSQ