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Lorraine Boyd
Delmar, New York
01/18/2024
02:28 pm

Equipment Details:

D7500 with Nikon 200-500mm lens

Post-processing Details:

crop & enhance

Image Details:

As I was looking out my back door to check on the birds at the feeders and trees in my yard, they all of a sudden all flew away. I saw a large bird land on a tree above the feeders & ran to get my camera. I barely made it back in time to capture a juvenile Sharp-shinned hawk, just as it flew down and away. Unfortunately for the many Cardinals and others birds that hang out, small birds are the main diet of the "sharpy".