Viera Hawk series

[Kevin Scott]

Well, since my pelican shots drew not a single response ( ) maybe I'll try again with a different subject.

Coming around the corner, I see this perched up in the tree

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He stayed there for a bit but then took off flying over my head. I ran to the other side of the berm to see where he went. Just as I got over there I saw him fly to the ground and under some small trees. I got down low and kinda crawled to find him...

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Practically lying on the ground under a tree, I see him jump and looked like he pounced on something.

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He quickly hopped further under the tree then looked around to see if the coast was clear

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I can see his head bobbing up and down. Ewwwww, what is that?

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OMG...he caught a frog! I only include this one because I thought it was funny with his legs sticking out of his mouth!

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Once he finished, he flew back over to the fence and rested while his frog digested, I guess. Looks like he's saying "You next?"

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Not sure what kind of hawk this is, I'm terrible with raptor ids. Maybe a red shoulder hawk?? Don't know. Any ideas?

 

[drueter]

Cool series, Kevin! Nice narrative to go along with it. I'm also not very good at raptor ID, but I'm sure someone out there will have a solid ID for you.

 

[Gale]

Cool Kevin,
I'm still mad at you :>))))) J/K

good work.

Pelicans were just okkkkkk :>))))

 

[Flew]

Excellent series Kevin. Great shots and entertaining narrative. What more could one ask for? 8)

Been busy evaluating lenses, shooting bugs and flowers, and processing, so I haven't seen your Pelican series yet. I'll go comment on it right now. :wink:

 

[greyflash]

Interesting nature story with accompanying images. Well done Kevin. For what it is worth, my favorite shot is the last one.

 

[Kevin Scott]

Thanks all! I must have over 100 shots of this guy. Gordon, I agree, that last pose was one of my favorites. Took quite a few of him there as he was back lit and I was low, I had to keep going higher to try to get greenery behind his head. They turned out pretty good. I was surprised at how sharp the 1st one turned out though as it was handheld @ 300 + 1.4x!

Sorry to beg for attention re: pelicans. I didn't want to be so obvious as to do a self-promoting bump so I figured I'd be discreet about it in this message. Gale you're a meanie....I was really happy with my pelicans. Been wanting to shoot them for many weeks now. I promise I'll call you next time. (Might be tomorrow...depending on weather)