{"id":94450,"date":"2021-02-01T06:01:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=94450"},"modified":"2021-02-01T06:18:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:18:44","slug":"yesterdays-coopers-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/01\/yesterdays-coopers-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Cooper’s Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting this close to a Cooper’s Hawk in a wild setting is a rare occurrence for me.<\/p>\n

Of all the hawk species I photograph regularly Cooper’s Hawks are probably the most difficult to approach when I’m away from the city. In the urban environment they’re somewhat easier to get close to but that setting often includes the less than ideal hand of man.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

So early yesterday morning I was pretty tickled to get close to this one in a remote area of northern Utah. Typically they fly off as soon as I see them (or before) but this one was so intent on ‘his’ hunting he let me get unusually close.<\/p>\n

I probably spent 20 minutes with him before he eventually took off after prey but most of my photos were slightly to moderately soft. Or worse. I’m hoping it was just another instance of extreme temperature disparity between the cold outside air (about 20\u00b0 F.) and my warm lens but lately it’s been happening more often than it should.<\/p>\n

To be honest I’m beginning to wonder if I’m having a lens or camera issue. That’s all I need…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When he didn’t spot prey right away he relaxed for a while. When he decided to stand on one foot he puffed up and spread his belly feathers forming a perfect open path in his plumage for him to tuck his right leg and foot into. That foot completely disappeared in his feathers when he flattened them again.<\/p>\n

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Cell phone photo, cropped to almost square<\/em><\/p>\n

I had enough time with him that I decided to take a few cell phone photos to document the type of area I found him in. Here I’ve marked the hawk with a small red arrow.<\/p>\n

I know that I appreciate this kind of ‘context’ shot in the photos of others so I suspect some of my blog followers do too.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Getting this close to a Cooper’s Hawk in a wild setting is a rare occurrence for me.<\/p>\n

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