Saturday, November 06, 2021

Two minute photo op

Driving home in the rain yesterday, I saw a hawk in a tree and did a U-turn to park underneath it. Though it was early afternoon, the light was almost gone, so that my old eyes barely registered a bit of brownish colour in the tail feathers. The camera sees better.

First shot. A red-tailed hawk, dark morph. 1:21 PM

How do they hear the shutter click from inside the car? As soon as I took a photo, the hawk dropped off his branch and flew to a tree farther down the highway. I followed and parked again. This time, he was "hiding" in a tangle of branches.

"You here again?"

"I heard that!" 1:22

Turning his back on me. 1:22:50 Rain on the windshield.

"I can't be having with this!" 1:23:09

Total time, two stops; less than 2 minutes.Why does he perch right beside a busy highway if he doesn't want visitors?

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Llovía, como siempre. Aun cerca del mediodia, no había mucha luz. En camino a casa por la carretera al norte, vi un gavilán en un árbol. Me di vuelta y me estacioné debajo de su árbol. Con la poca luz, y mis ojos viejos, casi no se veían colores; apenas podía distinguir el color café de la cola. La cámara ve las cosas más claro.

  1. Primera foto. Un ratonero de cola roja, Buteo jamaicensis. ¿Cómo es que pueden oir el click de la cámara, aun dentro del coche? En cuanto sonó, el ave abandonó su rama, y fue a parar en un árbol más denso, un poco adelante. Yo le seguí. 1:21 PM.
  2. Segunda foto, en el nuevo sitio. — Tu aquí, otra vez?
  3. — ¡Eso lo oí! 1:22
  4. Me da la espalda. 1:22:50
  5. Y se va. — ¡Esa intrusión no la aguanto! — dice.  1:23:09
Tiempo en total: menos de 2 minutos. Si no quiere visitas, ¿porqué se sienta justo al lado de una carretera bien frequentada?

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