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Merlin - I believe this is a Merlin. He just caught another bird when I surprised him. I had to push the exposure a little because it was later in the evening. Have a great day - JY
Upon further investigation......A Cooper's Hawk. I guess the red eyes give it away. Thanks to mom4squirrels.
KurtPreston
on April 5, 2009Nice catch! Looks like a Cooper's to me as well.
InOurTime
on April 5, 2009nice capture....
Bill Pador
on April 5, 2009What a great looking bird of prey, I've never seen one of those around here. I wonder if they tend to visit the East Coast area, I'll have to ask Kim ;) Wonderful job capturing it, when viewed at X2 I saw the results of your pushing it a bit with your D80, a bit of noise but that can be simply corrected with Noiseware Pro or Noise Ninja if you have it JY. Such a beautiful photo would be a shame not to have a clean copy for yourself, if you don't have the necessary software I would be more then happy to apply it for you to clean it up, if you wanna email me the file. Up to you my friend, offers on the table ;) ~Bill~
Andrea Kaus (ChaosGraphics)
on April 4, 2009Wow, great capture. The Cooper's there look very different from here. Ours aren't so dark along the back.
Boobaby
on April 4, 2009Amazing capture!
sbarge
on April 4, 2009Nice catch! Love his red eyes!
Michael Weitzman (186879micalngelo)
on April 4, 2009Wow...neat catch........never heard of a Merlin...........
Mom4squirrels
on April 4, 2009Great catch for both of you :-) If you want to make sure you're accurate in your labeling, check your bird guide, I believe this is a Cooper's Hawk (bird hawk). Cooper's have a red eye.
Amazing to capture him with a bird in his talons!!
studio721
on April 4, 2009Great catch!
Pearls
on April 4, 2009Wonderful shot, I have never seen one of these.