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Jul 17, 2012 21:08 | #3

Nice, Tom! Really like the closeup scream

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Jul 18, 2012 04:57 | #5

Great set, Tom. #2 is terrific!

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Jul 18, 2012 06:24 as a reply to @ Levina de Ruijter's post | #6

I'd say he was close! That #2 is awesome.

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Jul 18, 2012 06:43 | #7

All very nice. #2 is indeed exceptional.

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Jul 18, 2012 07:28 | #8

Great close ups.

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Jul 18, 2012 13:11 | #10

Those are beautiful Tom, excellent set! love the first closeup. Well done!

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Jul 18, 2012 13:41 | #11

Excellent shots Tom but I can't figure out why you call this an immature.

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Jul 18, 2012 18:21 | #12

chubri777 wrote in post #14735465

Excellent shots Tom but I can't figure out why you call this an immature.

Is it not? I know a swainson's hawk when I see one, but age, I am not sure of. I assumed it is young for two reasons, it let me walk right up to it and it never even cared I was there. Plus, it was "screaming like a baby the whole time as an adult flew over head and did not seen to happy about me being around.
Do you think otherwise, if so, clue me in. : )

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Jul 19, 2012 06:51 | #13

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-K.jpg light morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-L.jpg dark morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-E.jpg dark morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-D.jpg an intermediate adult

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-H.jpg a true dark morph adult

The juveniles are still all mottled when the migrate out of here in Sept and look like the adults when they return the following spring.

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Jul 19, 2012 11:42 | #14

Very nice shots.

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Jul 19, 2012 19:37 | #15

chubri777 wrote in post #14738922

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-K.jpg

light morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-L.jpg

dark morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-E.jpg

dark morph juvenile

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-D.jpg

an intermediate adult

http://www.blumtn.org/Swainsons/Bird-H.jpg

a true dark morph adult

The juveniles are still all mottled when the migrate out of here in Sept and look like the adults when they return the following spring.

humm, maybe he was just fresh down from up north and i was his first human sighting. : )

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