TheBanyanTree: just whistle

[Mike Pingleton]

very cool, Tom.

We just got up from dinner, which we ate while watching a Cooper's
Hawk perched on the back fence.  It moved to the side fence of the
house behind us, and at one point the woman of the house came out on
her deck and passed within fifteen feet of the hawk, without seeing
it..  Well within whistling distance.  It certainly saw her.

-Mike

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Tom Smith <deserthiker2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Took the new camera on a walk along the creek near where I
> live.  Set it up with the wide-field lens in hopes of
> photographing swallows in flight.  They are passing through
> this area now.  Didn't see any swallows, but caught yerba santa
> in glorious bloom and a bee joined in the picture.
>
> As I left the creek area a hawk swooped low and near and landed
> on top of a telephone pole about 30 ft away.  I had wanted to
> go for broke and take the best picture I could, so I changed to
> the 300mm telephoto with a doubler.
>
> The hawk was still there, but looking away.  I whistled.  The
> hawk turned and I got the picture I wanted.
>
> You can see it at
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/9482738@N07/4575728998/
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