I know it’s a Raven, but it’s the best bird pic I got today during a couple hours spent at the Montclair Hawkwatch. The hawkwatch site is NJ Audubon’s smallest sanctuary and the second oldest continuous- running hawkwatch in the country, second only to Hawk Mountain in Pa.
Finding hawks at a ridge site, as opposed to a coastal watch like Sandy Hook or Cape May, is really difficult and requires a lot of patience and much better eyesight than I have. We were looking at speck birds for most of the day! I did get to see a few kettles of Broadwings way up in the clouds (yesterday they counted 4437 Broadwings), some Osprey and Sharpies, a couple Kestrals and had a nice look at a Peregrine
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We had to be glad for all those clouds in the sky cause they gave us landmarks to help locate the birds soaring high above. A fun day, but I prefer coastal hawkwatching that doesn’t require quite as much imagination!
I met this guy there who has some fantastic hawk pics on his Flickr site.
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A fantastic shot of the hawk! Very beautiful with the cloud and blue sky.
This is the second skywatch today where there were Hawks pictured. Is this a special time of year for that? Yesterday I was at the beach where there is a special deck for Hawk viewing and though I have passed this many times before (and it was always empty), yesterday there were about 10 people with cameras and binoculars looking up to the sky and we saw a Hawk fly right above us.
They were both excellent in their own way. I liked the town in the distance more. Like a row of teeth with some gaps here and there.
Great shot of the hawk and beautiful blue sky. I agree with crome3d about the second picture.
Awesome Photo!!
Nothing like differing opinions, I personally like that big white cloud collaged onto the deep blue sky best with or without sparrow?
Bird shots are definitely not easy! I admire what you accomplished. Thanks!
You caught that bird well, great picture! Amazing, how many birds can pass through an area in a day.
There’s just no getting you shoreline people away from the sea, is there? Glad you had a sort of nice time anyway.
I’m going to a hawkwatch today. If I don’t get some good shots, I will put the camera down and switch to binocs and just enjoy the show.
Beautiful skyhawkwatching shot.
Marvelous sky!
Perfect capture!
Santilli
Pretty coll – despite the absence of Hawks! Great Manhattan Skyline picture though!
Cheers, Klaus
Good clouds! I was going to write more about this post but then I wandered down to Luka and the money. That’s a very very funny photo and story.
Awesome pic of the hawk, thanks for sharing
Cheers
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nice post for skywatch
Very pretty against the white of the cloud.