Coopers Hawk

[JohnK]

Sorry it's not a MN shot (maybe later this fall...). I captured this Coopers Hawk on the way in to work this morning and thought I'd share it.

[Steve Foss]

John, welcome to FM. Great to have you here.

Thanks for sharing this nice capture. It is a bit dark, and there are things that can be done to brighten it, if you'd like. In any case, good to see you posting all the way from Washington.

I spent a lot of my life in Grand Forks, N.D., not at all far from Crystal.

[JohnK]

Thanks Steve,

It was a (fairly typical) dark, gray, overcast morning - that picture has been lightened already to get it to that point. It could handle a little more brightening, but it started to look washed out. In the original you couldn't see much detail on the head at all. Once summer is gone photography up here can get pretty grim.

The Crystal I grew up in is a bit further from Grand Forks than you might think, it's a suburb of the TC, just on the north west side. If I can convince my wife that the winters there aren't all THAT bad hopefully I'll get back!

[Jim Almquist]

Nice looking bird John and thanks for sharing.