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robar · May 22, 2007, 3:04 PM

i'll try to keep this updated. eggs need to incubate for 3 weeks. information i think is correct is they are fed by both parents and fledging occurs at around 4 weeks after birth. i think they run around on the trees for awhile before they are fully fledged. that's the time i'm waiting for.

here's mom getting into the nest. if you look carefully you can see a light blue egg.

do you think she knows i'm there??

while i was taking these i had another visitor. this red shoulder hawk i see quite often. he'll come in and land in a tree and ck to see if dinner is around. i hope he's not thinking of eggs or chicks.

roy

ennacac · May 22, 2007, 4:24 PM

Roy, I like the photos and I like your frames.

Tom

robar · May 22, 2007, 5:29 PM

thanks tom
hopefully i'll get to update this and we can follow their progress. sure wish the 500mm was available..

roy

JimInGA · May 22, 2007, 8:43 PM

I like these photos. Great shots in a very nice sitting.

Jim

WackyRoger · May 22, 2007, 8:55 PM

COOOOL series, YES please try and keep us up-dated.

TOTALLY WACKY roger

robar · May 22, 2007, 9:34 PM

WackyRoger wrote:

Quote:

COOOOL series, YES please try and keep us up-dated.

TOTALLY WACKY roger

roger , how you and scott post the handholds you take are a mystery to me.
both of you need to start a thread about technique

roy

mtngal · May 22, 2007, 10:07 PM

Roy - these are really wonderful, do keep updating us as the eggs hatch and the babies grow up.

I'd second a lesson on techniques handholding long lenses. The one thing I've discovered on my lunch hour wanderings is that I'd never make a bi-athlete (cross country skiing and shooting). I find that rushing to the track or the botanical garden as fast as I can walk doesn't help my photography skills at all. How do they do it?

robar · May 23, 2007, 9:06 AM

H,
the hawk was handheld. braced against a small limb. 10 shots of 2, 5 shot bursts. it's the only one i kept but still not good enough to print.

roy

robar · Jun 3, 2007, 8:02 AM

i wasn't able to get to the nest for a week because of the weather. when i got back the babes had hatched. these first 3 were with the A300+1.4x TC, tripod, 2sec.

there were taken handheld with a M42 vivitar 200mm+1.4x TC, at f5.6

can't wait till they are running around. found out there were 4 of them.

roy

baltochef920 · Jun 3, 2007, 9:37 AM

What species of bird is that??<

Great pictures!!<

How close were you able to get?<

Bruce

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May 22, 2007, 3:04 PM	#1
robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	i'll try to keep this updated. eggs need to incubate for 3 weeks. information i think is correct is they are fed by both parents and fledging occurs at around 4 weeks after birth. i think they run around on the trees for awhile before they are fully fledged. that's the time i'm waiting for. here's mom getting into the nest. if you look carefully you can see a light blue egg. do you think she knows i'm there?? while i was taking these i had another visitor. this red shoulder hawk i see quite often. he'll come in and land in a tree and ck to see if dinner is around. i hope he's not thinking of eggs or chicks. roy

May 22, 2007, 4:24 PM	#2
ennacac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,198	Roy, I like the photos and I like your frames. Tom

May 22, 2007, 5:29 PM	#3
robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	thanks tom hopefully i'll get to update this and we can follow their progress. sure wish the 500mm was available.. roy

May 22, 2007, 8:43 PM	#4
JimInGA Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 307	I like these photos. Great shots in a very nice sitting. Jim

May 22, 2007, 8:55 PM	#5
WackyRoger Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chama, New Mexico Posts: 6,206	COOOOL series, YES please try and keep us up-dated. TOTALLY WACKY roger

May 22, 2007, 10:07 PM	#7
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Roy - these are really wonderful, do keep updating us as the eggs hatch and the babies grow up. I'd second a lesson on techniques handholding long lenses. The one thing I've discovered on my lunch hour wanderings is that I'd never make a bi-athlete (cross country skiing and shooting). I find that rushing to the track or the botanical garden as fast as I can walk doesn't help my photography skills at all. How do they do it?

May 23, 2007, 9:06 AM	#8
robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	H, the hawk was handheld. braced against a small limb. 10 shots of 2, 5 shot bursts. it's the only one i kept but still not good enough to print. roy

Jun 3, 2007, 8:02 AM	#9
robar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D/FW area Texas Posts: 7,590	i wasn't able to get to the nest for a week because of the weather. when i got back the babes had hatched. these first 3 were with the A300+1.4x TC, tripod, 2sec. there were taken handheld with a M42 vivitar 200mm+1.4x TC, at f5.6 can't wait till they are running around. found out there were 4 of them. roy

Jun 3, 2007, 9:37 AM	#10
baltochef920 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 188	What species of bird is that??< Great pictures!!< How close were you able to get?< Bruce