Cooooooooper's

[cfcRebel]

Despite a Sharpie season:D, i'll post its big cousin - Mr. Cooper's.:lol:

These were heavily cropped. C/C welcome.

[Stephen Stephen]

Very nice CFC. It's interesting that the Cooper, Sharpshinned and Hawk Owl all have the same breast feather patterning.

[busbyea]

Very nice. Cooper's = Thicker head/neck area, tail rounded, and they sit lower (You can see more of the Sharpie's legs).

[Paul A]

Very nice. Cooper's = Thicker head/neck area, tail rounded, and they sit lower (You can see more of the Sharpie's legs).

Nice shots, thanks Ted.:)

[cfcRebel]

Thanks Stephen, Ted and Paul. :)
Majority of the sharpies that i saw have red eyes. This Cooper's have yellow. Is eye color also one of the differences between the two?

[mrclark321]

Great shots Fee

Dan

[ngannet]

Nice shots of one of my favorite raptors. Always special seeing (and hearing) them.

[ngannet]

Thanks Stephen, Ted and Paul. :)
Majority of the sharpies that i saw have red eyes. This Cooper's have yellow. Is eye color also one of the differences between the two?

In both species, immatures have yellow eyes while adults have red.

[cfcRebel]

Thanks for looking Dan, ngannet. I appreciate your comment. ;)
In both species, immatures have yellow eyes while adults have red.Ah, i see. I guess i haven't seen a juv sharpie yet.:D

[Gary Fairhead]

Nice shots Rebel of another wonderful bird. The similarities with the Sharp-shinned are obvious but you can tell from your photos that this is a bigger bird.

[Blackburnian]

Beauty!

Love the first one!

Gotta love the accipiters when they pose for you like taht...lucky man!

Marc

[busbyea]

Nice shots Rebel of another wonderful bird. The similarities with the Sharp-shinned are obvious but you can tell from your photos that this is a bigger bird.

Sharpie is Jay sized; Cooper is Crow sized.

[kr88]

Great job Love the colors in #1...Nice

[Mitcon]

Nice spotting Fee, quite good shots for heavy crops. 2nd shot is a little washed but not too bad, first shot is good. I'm jelous, not getting out much to shoot and watch my raptors, still nice to ejoy others though. Great stuff Fee.

[cfcRebel]

Thanks for the kind words Gary, Marc, Keith, Wayne. Cheers! ;)

Wayne, glad to see you back. The weather there is probably too hot to shoot. Hope you crank up the Bigma engine soon and start firing again. :D Stay cool.

[Blue Deuce]

Good job. Gorgeous bird. I would go back looking for him.

[Mitcon]

I'm dying to get out, hot isn't the word lol, the road around the corner melted the other day when it almost hit 50. Another week of house guests to go, then I have some birders coming from OS that I'll be taking out. I'm hoping the weather will cool down and that will be a good chance to get some shoots off while showing them about.

[Dimitri_V]

For heavy crops they look very nice and sharp to me rebel.

[cfcRebel]

THanks Blue, Dimitri for the comment.

Wayne, hope the birder friends bring you some luck when you are out there. Let us know how it turns out.

[BIGTUFFGUY]

great shot, and what a posture for the bird.
good eye

[cfcRebel]

great shot, and what a posture for the bird.
good eyeThanks for the kind words Bigtuffguy. :)

[wolverinesr1]

very good for heavy crops.i think i like #2 the best,but both are good.

[cfcRebel]

very good for heavy crops.i think i like #2 the best,but both are good.Thanks Jeff. Hope I can get closer next time i see him/her. :)

[dancad]

This guy looks very alert! Must've had something in its sight.

[cfcRebel]

This guy looks very alert! Must've had something in its sight.Ah, very observant Dan. I was standing next to a pond full of wood ducks when i saw him perched there. I probably got in the way between him and his meal(ducks).:oops:

[Fotoflash]

Good sharp shoots with perrfekt color and pretty contrast.

Tommy

[tupe]

Looks like you got all of him. Very nice work.

[cfcRebel]

Thanks Tommy, Joe for the comment. I hope i could sneak up on him closer next time. ;)

[KaplanMultimedia]

Very nice images. :D

[cfcRebel]

Very nice images. :DThanks Joel. I appreciate the comment.;)