klb1122
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- First Name
- Kory
- Last Name
- Burleson
I love working from home. I have my desk set up right in front of a window. I'm used to seeing birds flying by and squirrels roaming about because the window looks out to my side yard, an empty lot. Every once in a while, something really catches my eye. Yesterday I noticed something taking off right over the house next to us. This was no pigeon. I've got a thing for birds of prey, so I got excited when I saw it land in a tree, 3 yards down from mine. I grabbed my camera and long lens and headed outside to see if there was even a chance at a shot. From my side yard I was able to get a couple shots of it. These are at 500mm, with some pretty big crops.
2017.01.20_RTH_1 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_2 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_4 by Kory, on Flickr
After a few minutes, it flew off, moving across the street. This time it was a bit closer, I was now shooting from the sidewalk to a tree behind a house, but the branches ruined these shots. The mocking birds were letting it know it landed in the wrong tree. They were attacking it, multiple times hitting it right on the back. It didn't phase the hawk at all though.
2017.01.20_RTH_6 by Kory, on Flickr
It flew off and moved down the street again, basically the same situation, I was on the sidewalk and it was in a tree with a house in between us.
2017.01.20_RTH_7 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_9 by Kory, on Flickr
A couple minutes in that tree and it flew off, and I couldn't see where it landed, so I headed back inside to keep working.
About an hour later, wings catch my eye again, and I see it landed across the street, but this time on the very top of a tree where I think I can get an unobstructed shot. I quickly grabbed my camera and headed across the street. Same situation, with a house in between us, but I thanked Mr./Mrs. Hawk for landing on the top limb. The blue jays however, were not happy, and went on the attack. Same result, the hawk didn't care one bit. It stayed here for a few minutes then took off, that was the last I saw it for the day.
2017.01.20_RTH_12 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_14 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_15 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_16 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_17 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_18 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_19 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_20 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_21 by Kory, on Flickr
2017.01.20_RTH_23 by Kory, on Flickr
Every time I went to get my settings right to get it in flight, it would take off, so that was a fail, but I like the perched shots I ended up with.
After a few minutes, it flew off, moving across the street. This time it was a bit closer, I was now shooting from the sidewalk to a tree behind a house, but the branches ruined these shots. The mocking birds were letting it know it landed in the wrong tree. They were attacking it, multiple times hitting it right on the back. It didn't phase the hawk at all though.
It flew off and moved down the street again, basically the same situation, I was on the sidewalk and it was in a tree with a house in between us.
A couple minutes in that tree and it flew off, and I couldn't see where it landed, so I headed back inside to keep working.
About an hour later, wings catch my eye again, and I see it landed across the street, but this time on the very top of a tree where I think I can get an unobstructed shot. I quickly grabbed my camera and headed across the street. Same situation, with a house in between us, but I thanked Mr./Mrs. Hawk for landing on the top limb. The blue jays however, were not happy, and went on the attack. Same result, the hawk didn't care one bit. It stayed here for a few minutes then took off, that was the last I saw it for the day.
Every time I went to get my settings right to get it in flight, it would take off, so that was a fail, but I like the perched shots I ended up with.