Cooper's Hawk on Quail

[Alan Murphy]

Cooper's Hawk

D800, 300, ISO 640, f8, 1/1600

Once a raptor is committed to feeding on it's prey, I find that I can crawl up very slowly on my belly and get a low close perspective.

[Enrique Patino]

What a great image all around. The only thing perhaps would be to get the top of the rear wing a bit more in focus, but so, so small ... TFS

[William Dickson]

Excellent all round

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image, great low POV, superb wing spread and the feeding behaviour is terrific Alan. TFS.

[keith mitchell]

Looks very good to me Alan, bit of flesh in it's beak adds nicely to it, excellent!

Keith.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent IQ & shooting angle. Very nice pose.


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[Shawn Zierman]

Totally spectacular in every regard. Did you place the quail? Were the quail live or dead when/if placed? The mantling behavior is very cool.

[Joseph Przybyla]

You show me how it should be done, although being 71 years old does not bode well for the crawling part. Beautiful image, thank you for sharing.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image. Magnificent inquisitive pose with nice wing spread and great expression.
Rest everything is superb as usual Love the frame.


Regards,
Satish.

[Andrew Merwin]

Superlative image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent, and the feather in the bill is just another feather in your cap.

[Raybel Robles]

Superb image. I love the pose of the bird with the wings been spread over the victim and that great orange eye!

[arash_hazeghi]

This is super Alan

[Dumay de Boulle]

WOW!!! This is magnificent!

[Jim Neiger]

Spectacular!

[Frank Schauf]

Fantastic. Wonderful pose, colors and background.

[HadiAnsari]

Hi Alan.
this is superb image.TFS

[Jamie Medford]

Fantastic image in every aspet.

[Eric Dienesch]

Hello

wow, what a great capture you have made.

both of you: The raptor with his feed and you with this stunning picture !!

Greetings Eric