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[Joel Eade]

Lovely warm light Dave....nice details!!!

[Dave Throgmartin]

Thanks Joel!

Black-Capped Chickadee
60D
400mm
ISO 250
1/1250
f/5.6

2015_12_05_15134_DPP_upd_5x5 by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Bill W]

First Snowy Owl of the season for me

[Joel Eade]

Neat pose with the eye peaking out....it looks just a little dark on my monitor but otherwise a really cool shot.

[Joel Eade]

Red Bellied WP

7DII
500mm
ISO800
1/640
f/4.0

[Dave Throgmartin]

Superb shots guys.

Cooper's Hawk
60D
400mm
ISO 1250
1/800
f/6.3

2015_12_12_15219_LR_upd_8x10_2 by dthrog00, on Flickr

Cooper's Hawk (the same bird in a new pose)
60D
400mm
ISO 1600
1/640
f/5.6

2015_12_12_15230_LR_upd_8x10_2 by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Bill W]

Nice capture of the Cooper's (?) this and the Sharp shinned are difficult birds to differentiate, but I'm thinking it might be a Sharp-shinned Dave. Mainly because a Cooper's tail feathers have prominent white tips (although this coloring can be worn off) and to me, its eyes should be more forward on its head; i.e. closer to the beak, for a Cooper's.
The difficulty, for me anyhow, to ID these birds, is why I've started calling them Shooper's.

Red tail hawk stretching

[sedwards]

little blue heron
5DIII
400mm
f9
1/1000
ISO 1600
5D3_6079 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

[Dave Throgmartin]

Great shots guys! I think you're correct Bill. I struggled with the ID and now agree that the lack of a white strip shows this guy is a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

Dave

[sedwards]

Tricolored Heron
5D3_6093 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr