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29-FEB-2004

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk

Usually when these hawks come to my yard they drop in and are usually gone within 30 seconds. This guy hung around for about half an hour. I slowly crawled towards him the entire time taking pic's and got within about 25 feet from him but still couldn't get a clean shot at him.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM ,+ 2 x TC
1/250s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso200 full exif

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Tom Briggs31-Jan-2010 01:16
Great capture, Jim ... v ... one has taken up residence (two days running) in my backyard and sits on a perch for hours at a time. I can get within about 15 yards of him/her before he/she takes off. Yesterday he/she nailed a rabbit in the backyard and took off with it. http://www.pbase.com/tombriggs/image/121431143 ... almost a twin of your photo.
Shelly- VA Beach18-Dec-2004 00:35
Well, there's nothing wrong with this!! I just posted some sharp shin hawk pics in my gallery. AND I didn't have to do any crawling!! LOL! Great shot.