ML646609664
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Media notes
The hawk noticed movement in the leaf pile behind the deck, and moments later, pounced, but missed whatever it had spotted.
Observation details
Large, fluffed out adult sitting on the wooden deck railing when I looked out the window! It sat facing me (legs almost invisible, just toes sticking out) and it slowly swung its head around, surveying the yard for prey. Not sure what it expected to find. Very few birds as a result, but they moved in after it left. After ten minutes, it slowly turned its footing, then launched and landed on a pile of leaves where it saw something. It missed, but, the hawk spent about a minute poking its talons into the leaves, and walking around on the pile, searching for any movement. Then it flew off, and some birds cautiously returned.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX620 HS
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 31.1 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/40 sec
- Dimensions
- 2916 pixels x 3888 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.46 MB