Flying hawk

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  1. marlingardener

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    I't's hard to get a photo of a hawk in flight. They're so darned fast! My husband did get this photo as a hawk was soaring over the pasture.
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    We can easily tell a soaring vulture from a soaring hawk. Hawks' wings are straight, while a vulture's wings form a V shape. V for vulture?
     
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  3. Sjoerd

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    Great composition on that one.
    I find it magical to watch raptors in flight or not. There have been some great docu’s.
     
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    Well your husband did better than me. There was a Sparrow hawk in the back garden today. Every time I tried to get a photograph it moved and was obscured by branches.:frustrated:
     
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    Eileen, we have found that there is one very certain way to make birds disappear from the feeders and the yard. Just show up with a camera! Being either sneaky or patient doesn't help. The birds know!
     
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    Oh Jane, you see that good. They are such silly critters that way.
     

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