Sandy Vongries Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) Went out for a walk with my dogs this morning, brought along the DF with 24-120 4 G. Apparently a pair of hawks have a nest in the Rimrock, one carrying a snake. Obviously the wrong lens, but I doubt I'll get a a shot like the last of the three any time soon (if ever!) so despite the loss of quality due to blowing up and cropping, I'm posting these anyway. Of course, when I went back with a long lens, nothing in sight. Think I know where the nest is, so long lens & tripod the next time I see any action. Edited May 24, 2018 by Sandy Vongries 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Flying with Fish Lower Wabash at New Harmony IN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Flying with Fish Used to have access to a lake place in Northern Minnesota, almost on the Canadian border where Eagles nested quite close to the cabin. Amazing to see them fishing while I did the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTriplett Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 On the night of the lunar eclipse a couple of years ago, in the twilight just before dark, caught this hawk with a fish it had just taken from the lake where we had set up in the high Uinta Mountains. Long distance, dim light, and heavily cropped, but still discernible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcyin Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Incoming lunch by Tom Yin, on Flickr 1 www.neurotraveler.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Untitled by David Stephens, on Flickr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 On the night of the lunar eclipse a couple of years ago, in the twilight just before dark, caught this hawk with a fish it had just taken from the lake where we had set up in the high Uinta Mountains. Long distance, dim light, and heavily cropped, but still discernible. That's an osprey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTriplett Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 That's an osprey. OK. Thanks for the correction. I don't pretend to any expertise in ornithology, unless it's about other, metallic birds of prey, such as the F-16 or F-35 variety. ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 OK. Thanks for the correction. I don't pretend to any expertise in ornithology, unless it's about other, metallic birds of prey, such as the F-16 or F-35 variety. ;) I love pix of metal birds! (BTW, one of my buddies worked in the Pentagon and was the development management officer for the Osprey project. It almost died several times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 the Osprey projec A very useful but accident prone aircraft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 A very useful but accident prone aircraft! I've wondered about its operating history. I know that they made some huge design changes during development. It's now been in operation a couple of decades. I don't recall hearing about more crashes than other rotary prop aircraft used by the Marines. When it works, it's got some huge tactical advantages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTriplett Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Latest reports from the field are positive. It appears to be meeting operational expectations. Glad the jarheads aren't still knocking around in their old CH46's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Latest reports from the field are positive. It appears to be meeting operational expectations. Glad the jarheads aren't still knocking around in their old CH46's. Thanks David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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