Monday, June 23, 2008

Red-tailed Hawks

The large building next door has been sporting a pair of red-tailed hawks. My bird book accurately describes their call as "an asthmatic squeal, Keeer-r-r-r, Keeer-r-r-r, Keeer-r-r-r!" They call to each other about a million times a day, it gets old. I was surprised to discover that I could greatly increase my zoom factor by holding the camera up to my binoculars. Gotta love digital cameras.


Max Zoom on my Nikon CoolPix 4600.
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Mid-zoom plus Simmons 10x50 binoculars. Not the best clarity, but pretty cool.
* * *And then it landed closer.

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