ML49664751

Age and sex

Adult, Unknown sex - X

Observation details

I first spotted this hawk perched on a branch on the golf course side of the parkway, studying the ground below it. It stayed there for quite a while and didn't pay me any mind when I crossed the street and hunkered down to photograph it. Eventually it came to ground, looking as though it had captured something, repeatedly looking at its feet buried in long dried grasses. When it flew up to a tangle of vines nearby, it has nothing. It perched on the pile for a little while, right in front of me, before flying up to sit on a different branch. A Blue Jay acted only slightly offended by its presence, but the hawk behaved as if there was no Blue Jay at all. Eventually it flew up the road to land in a tree too distant to photograph it in. This entire timeframe lasted nearly 20 minutes.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

1400 pixels x 933 pixels

Original file size

975.69 KB