Scrutiny

Actually I didn't feel entirely safe as I met this glance through my zoom lense. I was about ten meters away. That's so amazing about the Galapagos islands. Birds and animals have no fear for humans whatsoever.

This is a Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis), Endemic Vulnerable. Thanx to Gini from the "Field Guide: Birds of the world" group for helping me with the bird ID.

Shot september 2001 with a Nikon F601.

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fjords says:

An intence stare! Like "What do you want?". But you have to clean the picture from dust ;) Nice job though.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

aliasgrace says:

Yes, agree about the dust. I'll see what i can do.

Nov 16: Cleaned.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Gini~ says:

Do you have any idea what bird this is? ID is required for the Field Guide Group. Thanks!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

aliasgrace says:

Gini: I was told it is a falcon, but am a little in doubt after your comment. I have removed it from the pool and postet it to the Bird help thread.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Gini~ says:

He's a raptor of some kind. Do you have other photos that might show more of him? That would help with the ID. One thing we can do is lookup which raptors are found in the Galapagos at the time of year you took this photo. That would probably narrow down the choices. Thanks for looking into it
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Gini~ says:

Guess what I found?! There are only 3 possibilities.

FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus

FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Galapagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis, Endemic Vulnerable

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

(From Avibase)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

aliasgrace says:

Thanx for providing me with info on this one, Gini! I have a couple of other photos, but they are not scanned yet. I will post them in the thread as soon as it's done. One of them is of the bird in full size.
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Benjamin Postlewait says:

gorgeous shot
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Nikographer [Jon] says:

I just love this shot. I saw a hawk at the DC Zoo today. I can't imagine being on level ground with this guy staring me down.
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Joker the Lurcher says:

wonderful shot - very scary looking bird!
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sikego says:

nice shot ,, i relly like the position of the bird and the asymetry done by the light

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lowfatbrains says:

Rated 16.5/20 (by the Rate My: Nature group)

Good shot, well composed, and birds always make difficult subjects to photograph (except on the Galapagos, it seems). However, the picture seems heavily compressed and lacks sharpness and crispness, which is a pity!
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martytdx says:

Very cool pose, and a nice shot; however, it appears a bit oversharpened. If you have Photoshop, a slight blur and a bit of dodging on the right eye would make this a great shot.

Rated 17/20 (by the Rate My: Nature group)
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Stanley J. Kraska III Photography says:

nice shot, great expression

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Paul Sparks says:

Great capture. You've framed this perfectly. I agree about the dodging of the eye.

Rated 17.5/20 (by the Rate My: Nature group)
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

noonespillow [deleted] says:

Such deep eyes.. Mean, I wouldn't want to mess with him! Great work!
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Wizard says:

incredible photo!
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Fabulous capture!

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rachaeldawn says:

Thanks for using CC. I'm going to use this image (credited to you, of course) in a presentation to first year biology students to generate discussion on endemic species. :)
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