Rough legged Hawk 7519
by Philip And Robbie Bracco
Title
Rough legged Hawk 7519
Artist
Philip And Robbie Bracco
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Photograph - Photography
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On a mid-morning photo shoot, Phil spotted a hawk as it flies to a large tree branch end of the tree and we immediately set up to prepare for a good shot but we were not prepared for the action of this Rough-Legged Hawk. We were aware that this one warranted the time needed to get just the right shot. We waited for about 10 minutes when suddenly it dropped from the end of the limb with his feathered limbs extended as he had spotted a bird of prey just beneath him. Unfortuanate for the Hawk, the bird of prey escaped and the Rough-Legged Hark regained his composure and flew to the other side of the green, just before a canal. Soon he returned baci to the tree to wait some more but we had captured our prey - the beautiful Photo Shots which really made our day.
When we returned home I got our book of birds, "The Book of North America Birds" a Readers Digest Edition with an amazing Paragraph where they explained it almost as it happened to us as follows,
During the long days of an arctic summer, the Rough-Legged Hawk hunts continually, its rowing wingbeats propelling it over the treeless land like its Oarman of the sky. At every movement on the Tundra, it stops and hovers. Broad buteo wings arch up and down, holding the bird in place. The long neck moves from side to side. Suddenly the hawk plunges straight down, feathered legs extended. In a moment the lemming is secured, and the hunter returns to its nest, where ravenous young
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September 14th, 2020
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