Harris Hawks

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Nikon D850, Nikkor 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 1/1250 f/8 ISO 1400
 
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Very cool and nicely done...would love the chance to see and shoot these guys. I had the chance to see and photograph a Harris Hawk on a business trip to Florida two years ago. Oddly, it was when a falconer brought the Hawk and a few other birds to the hotel for a planned event and falconry demonstration. He had it flying "freely" around the grounds of the hotel. Though I got a few decent shots, I immediately lamented the fact that my shots were not of a wild bird. In the forum here we often debate the costs of long lenses. I was quite stunned at what the cost of some of these exotic birds was.
 
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Marcus Slade said:
Very cool and nicely done...would love the chance to see and shoot these guys. I had the chance to see and photograph a Harris Hawk on a business trip to Florida two years ago. Oddly, it was when a falconer brought the Hawk and a few other birds to the hotel for a planned event and falconry demonstration. He had it flying "freely" around the grounds of the hotel. Though I got a few decent shots, I immediately lamented the fact that my shots were not of a wild bird. In the forum here we often debate the costs of long lenses. I was quite stunned at what the cost of some of these exotic birds was.
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They are fairly common here in the Phoenix area. They often work in trios. One will capture the attention of a quail on the ground and one of the other two will swoop in from behind for the pick. Trapping Harris Hawks here is legal and there is a market for falconers I stumbled on a trapper & asked him what he was doing with them. His response: “Teach him to hunt rabbits.” Pretty sure they know how to hunt rabbits.
 
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