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Hawk
« on: December 13, 2010, 10:39:27 PM »
This hawk was snacking on a pigeon in our backyard this morning.  I think it is a "broad-winged hawk" based on its tail markings.  Click to enlarge.



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Re: Hawk
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2010, 09:04:27 PM »
Nice picture.  That's one less annoying pigeon.

The hawk is a Cooper's Hawk.  The tail is longer, and the bands better match those of a Cooper's Hawk.


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Re: Hawk
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2010, 09:06:14 PM »

By the way, Cooper's Hawk is much less common, and it is listed as Threatened Species in the State of New Jersey.

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 09:12:21 PM »
Editor' nice picture.....I have what I think is a Sharp Shinned Hawk that visits my back yard...but all he eat's is the Morning Doves...they must be like veal...I wish he would eat some squirrel's or pigeons....

Over the last 3 years it's practically wiped out all the Morning Doves...

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 09:32:10 PM »
This may very well have been a dove. It didn't give me much time to make an ID.  I haven't heard doves in my area for some time now.  I wonder if they'll soon be on the endangered list too (around here anyway).

Sharp-shinned (also has a banded tail):


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Re: Hawk
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2010, 07:28:40 PM »

That is correct.  Here's something I found online that compares the Coopers Vs. Sharp-shinned Hawk.  The two are very very similar, so I am not going to defend my identification.  Maybe the folks at the Audubon Society or Hackensack Riverkeeper can be contacted, and they can provide an identification.

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 09:38:04 PM »
Look what I found on my bedroom A/C today! I set the cell cam to its highest resolution and snuck up on it.

I got within about 3 feet of the bird. It heard the camera clicks and turned toward me before it flew over to 417 Main.

I photographed an identical bird in the same spot 8 years ago. It was identified as a red-tailed hawk. I couldn't see the tail in these pictures, but I did see it when I video'd it two minutes later on top of 417 Main. It was red.

Too bad for that last shot that the window was dirty on the outside. I can't clean it unless I learn to fly. Maybe I can teach the hawk to clean it.



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Re: Hawk
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011, 12:04:12 AM »
Wow. Now that's what I call a "bird's eye view".


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Re: Hawk
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 04:33:10 PM »
Well, I didn't have to wait 8 more years to get another hawk shot on my A/C. This ham apparently likes to have his/her picture taken and came back today for more photos.

I cleaned the window as much as I could this morning and the bird scheduled this afternoon's shoot a little earlier to take advantage of the sun and the results speak for themselves.

Now if only one of the bald eagles that hangs out a few blocks away along the river would come by.............

Meanwhile, ladies and gentlemen - give it up for Hammy the Hawk!



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Re: Hawk
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011, 09:07:37 PM »
LOVE these pictures!  What an amazing creature.  I may have seen the same one in a tree on State Street today.

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2011, 03:00:07 PM »
"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeVille" - The Further Adventures of Hammy the Hawk



A little gift from Hammy the Hawk this morning: a special performance in the snow. This is cellphone video shot off a TV screen that was showing a VHS tape playback:


<a href="http://img443.imageshack.us/flvplayer.swf?f=My0z" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://img443.imageshack.us/flvplayer.swf?f=My0z</a>


He landed on the A/C facing me this time - probably because the cold, snowy, east wind was at his back. It was too drab for photos, so I shot some video from about 12' away in the hallway outside my bedroom.

He shook his head, appeared to be talking, watched me like a.........well, you know what, and then stuck his tongue out at me. I got him back by taking a cell pic from my living room window while the tape still rolled by the bedroom.





I guess that spooked him and he took off.

BTW - I was nowhere near as close to him when I shot this as it appears. It's just well-cropped.



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Re: Hawk
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2011, 05:18:05 PM »
I think this bird wants a relationship. Excellent viewing.

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2011, 03:49:39 PM »

Bob,

Those are really amazing hawk pictures.  Wouldn't it be great if he set up a nest right there on your building ???  The "pale male" of Hackensack.

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2011, 04:12:59 PM »
Maybe the hawk is looking to dine on Bob's "fisheye lens."

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Re: Hawk
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2011, 06:46:26 PM »
Wouldn't it be great if he set up a nest right there on your building ???  The "pale male" of Hackensack.

Here's a picture of that famous Fifth Avenue denizen at lunchtime:






I fully expect Hammy to be dining in a similar manner on my A/C, assuming I don't keep spooking him.




Maybe the hawk is looking to dine on Bob's "fisheye lens."

He hasn't seen my fisheye - just the cellphone. To use the fisheye, I'd have to have the camera right against the window and he'd still be too small a percentage of the frame to make a good picture. He'd be long gone by then anyway.

Here's what that cell shot looked like full frame:






The fisheye would be MUCH wider and pretty useless. Maybe I SHOULD just feed it to him.

I'm sure he'd be thrilled.  :D



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