Northern Hawk Owl/ Bohemian Waxwing.

[ShawnZ]

Hawk Owl images are from recently in the Hedbom Bog by Floodwood, Minnesota. The Bohemian Waxwing is from this past week in Duluth, Minnesota. All images shot with a SonyA300,

Tokina80-400mm, iso400, f10, various shutter speeds, spot metered, manual exposure, manual focus, cropped, adjusted curves, adjusted saturation, USM. Comments and critiques welcome.

Regards,

Shawn Zierman.

[HawgMan]

Great Shots!

I know the trail well! Used to live in Floodwood for 15 years, working for the phone company. My wife is from there.

Thanx for sharing

[Dbl]

Very nice shots Shawn!

[finnbay]

That owl pose is great!

[Jim Almquist]

That shot of the owl is great. I like how he is framed by the branch above his head and the single eye looking back at you/or what ever he is hunting for.

I really need to get out and find me some waxwings to shoot. They are always great to see.

[dukhnt]

I like the waxwing shot. Thanks for sharing these.

[Birdsong]

I love the owl. He is looking very sly. Or peeved.

[Steve Foss]

Love the lookback on that second NHO image, Shawn!

[JayinMN]

Nice shots Shawn! I can't believe the size of berries waxwings can swallow with out choking.

[Nymph]

Great shots, Shawn. I like the tighter crop on the second one and that waxwing shot would be killer with a little more head turn.

[JohnK]

Super shots Sean, I especially like owl #2. I've never seen a northern hawk owl before.

Great shot of the waxwing too, I like it with the berries they love to eat so much.

[ShawnZ]

Nymph, I completely agree, a slight head turn would have been so sweet on the waxwing image.

Jason, excellent thought, must be something about the berry being frozen or some type of expanding throat abilites!

John, I've never seen a chestnut backed chickadee. I'll send a hawk owl your way if you send one of those chickadees my way??Thankyou all for the kind feedback

[DonBo]

Okay, so how can you tell the difference between a Bohemian and a Cedar Waxwing?

[Jim Almquist]

Okay, so how can you tell the difference between a Bohemian and a Cedar Waxwing?

The white and yellow tips of the wings are found on the Bohemian and one other spot that gives it away is the rufous undertail coverts instead of white. I took that out of my Sibley's so now I will try to translate. If you look at the tail feathers close to the body you will see the how the underside is a light brown and on a Cedar it will be white

[DonBo]

Got it. Thanks. I just got the Sibley's books for Christmas, guess I should have opened them to find the answer.

[Steve Foss]

I just got the Sibley's books for Christmas.

Great set of books!