DavidTriplett Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Basic Guidelines: In the strictest sense, nature photography should not include "hand of man elements". Please refrain from images with buildings or human made structures like roads, fences, walls. Pets are not permitted. Captive subjects in zoos, arboretums, or aquariums are permitted, but must be declared, and must focus on the subject, not the captivity. Images with obvious human made elements will likely be deleted from the thread, with an explanation to the photographer. Guidelines are based on PSA rules governing Nature photography which also cover the Nature Forum. Keep your image at/under 1000 pixels on the long axis for in-line viewing. Note that this includes photos hosted off-site at Flicker, Photobucket, your own site, etc. Each member please post no more than just one image to this weekly thread per week. Our little corner of the Valley tends to collect weather systems coming off the Great Salt Lake. After hours of snow today it looked like there might be a bit of clearing to the north-west, so I packed up and drove out to Antelope Island. No surprise, really, but there was no snow and quite a lovely day, setting up to a marvelous sunset. I managed to capture this fellow against the skyline, just as the sun was approaching the horizon. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 A herd of Thomson's gazelle. They look so much like the Springbok save for some small detail on the face. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 A pair of Coleman Shrimp on a Fire Urchin. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Roadrunner in Austin, Texas 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 This is a gray whale in the Guerrero Negro Lagoon, on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, in Mexico This is a frame from a 4K video capture with a Nikon Z6. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnelson Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 David Triplett, my favorite island to visit when I'm in Utah;) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mary Doo Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Dunno. Hard to tell without seeing the head-to-back area for any color gap. If I have to guess, it is more likely a sharp-Skinned Hawk as the tail pattern seems more neatly rectangular than that of most Cooper's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Grass is greener on one side than the other Yellowstone 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roger G Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. The perennial conundrum with these two species. I'm going Coopers - based on the way the "forehead" slopes down to the bill, and the rounded tail tip with fairly broad white terminal band. Other opinions? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpalmer57 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I don't shoot many birds, don't have real long lenses and I'm not good at stalking them. This is a resident of a local park looking for a handout. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've been way behind on stuff and am just now doing pictures from fall, but here's a sleeping goose from the Falklands. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jordan2240 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 The perennial conundrum with these two species. I'm going Coopers - based on the way the "forehead" slopes down to the bill, and the rounded tail tip with fairly broad white terminal band. Other opinions? Based on the descriptions I've read, I do believe the tail tells the tale, and would also vote 'Coopers.' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpressionz Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Sorensen Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Not sure if this is a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Dieter, If your other pictures at Flickr are the same hawk, I’d probably go 70/30 for Cooper’s. Always a tough one for me, especially when I’m trying to identify at a distance, in flight, through binocs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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douglas_herr2 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Blue Rock-Thrush, eastern subspecies Okinawa Japan http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/muscicapidae/monticola/monsol05.jpg 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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