{"id":273,"date":"2020-06-28T11:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:03:03","slug":"2020-6-28-a-year-later-31620-to-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"The Hawk is back – 3\/16\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Funny enough, I never realized until just now when I was looking at the date to put in the title. This was just around a year gap between the first time I ever saw a hawk right outside my apartment and now. It was a pretty big moment for me. Not only was it extremely exciting, it was coming off a not great trip out to see wildlife where I saw none. I wrote a whole post about it, I would check it out for the full story. <\/p>\n

But March 2020 has rolled around now. And the 16th would be two days before I started feeling sick and would call out of work. If I had Covid-19 or not, I\u2019m not sure at this time. As I could never get tested, thanks Georgia. Really got a great response to the whole thing. Real fucking shame that it\u2019s spiking again right now.<\/p>\n

Anyway. Staying on topic, the 16th was a Monday and I would have just been getting home from work. By this point I was doing 10 hour days to have 3 day weekends every week. More time for photography. Having a dedicated day on Friday is really helpful as it turns out. Hopefully I can dedicate more days to it in the future.<\/p>\n

So here I am, walking away from my car after I arrive back home when I see a large object glide effortlessly through the air above me and nestle itself into the trees right across my door. <\/p>\n

Immediately I bolted inside for the camera, grabbed it and ran back out. And then I slowed down and approached carefully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/300mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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First shot. Nope, those are branches, come on autofocus I know you can do it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/300mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 640<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second shot, much better! It\u2019s a Red Shouldered Hawk just like before. Although this one is bigger, I honestly wonder if it\u2019s the same one as a year before. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/300mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 800<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Third shot, still kind of missing it, moving ever so slowly to get into a better position between each shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/300mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 500<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Almost there, just waiting for the head turn\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon 7D Mark II w\/300mm – 1\/500 Sec – F2.8 – ISO 500<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There we go. A nice clear shot with the head turned more towards me. This is great and I was beyond thrilled to have this opportunity, just while I was walking inside. I do hope it\u2019s the same hawk, that would be a really nice touch to the story. A year later and I\u2019m still doing this hobby, longest one I\u2019ve ever stuck with that\u2019s for sure. And for a lot of reasons, it kicked off with that hawk in 2019. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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