Hawk let me get up close for several pictures, perched on an old Oak tree

[Waldo Pepper]

Was flying my M2P today, came across a hawk perched on top of an old oak tree. Circled the tree and then slowly came up to her, switched to Tri-Pod mode getting closer. Eventually, was 8-10 feet from her. She sat there not a worry in the world, took many pictures then flew M2P back to launch area.

Was surprised to get this close, Hasselblad camera is great.

Thanks for looking,
Paul

 

[ff22]

NEAT!

 

[Porky]

Very nice, what part of the world you from @Waldo Pepper ?

You were very lucky getting that shot, well done. Looks like she was posing for the camera.

I’ve heard so many horror story’s about birds of prey taking our drones down so again you were very lucky.

 

[old man mavic]

amazing shots that does not happen very often

 

[Meta4]

Eventually, was 8-10 feet from her. ...
Was surprised to get this close, Hasselblad camera is great.

How much have you cropped the close pix?
They look a lot closer than 8-10 feet with the wideangle lens.

 

[SpinItUp]

Looks like a buzzard ...too big to be a hawk
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) (Buzzard, hawk, probably same thing I'm not an ornithologist)

top pic...SMILE!
2nd pic...Buzzard thinks, meh, whatever

@Porky
Shandong
山东省
China

36.3524028°, 119.1768556°location

 

[Porky]

Looks like a buzzard ...too big to be a hawk

top pic...SMILE!
2nd pic...Buzzard thinks, meh, whatever

@Porky
Shandong
山东省
China

36.3524028°, 119.1768556°location

Thanks spin

Blimey even the Lat/Lon coordinates

 

[sonof40]

Red Tail Hawk. Not Buzzard.

 

[SpinItUp]

Red Tail Hawk. Not Buzzard.

No way... it's in China and thems aren't found there
Common Buzz'
[ed] though unless the EXIF with the picture was fake you may be right as it certainly looks like the RTHawk


[ed, ed] Its legs are shorter than the RTHawk
It's a Buteo

 

[Deleted member 79533]

Was flying my M2P today, came across a hawk perched on top of an old oak tree. Circled the tree and then slowly came up to her, switched to Tri-Pod mode getting closer. Eventually, was 8-10 feet from her. She sat there not a worry in the world, took many pictures then flew M2P back to launch area.

Was surprised to get this close, Hasselblad camera is great.

Thanks for looking,
Paul

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Not good luck...As soon as she realized that it was not a Parrot, she decided that it was inedible.

 

[Waldo Pepper]

Very nice, what part of the world you from @Waldo Pepper ?

You were very lucky getting that shot, well done. Looks like she was posing for the camera.

I’ve heard so many horror story’s about birds of prey taking our drones down so again you were very lucky.

Thank you Porky,

That’s exactly what I was telling myself, sure looks like she was posing for the camera.

I fly in this area often, and several times a couple of hawks have joined in circling my drones with no issues. Could be this was one of those hawks, and she feels comfortable around the drone?

I live in central California, near the foot hills. Have permission to fly on thousands of acres, I’m very fortunate.

Thanks again,
Paul

 

[SpinItUp]

I still think it's a buzzard...
Hawks don't fly in groups
[ed] or across continents

 

[Waldo Pepper]

Red Tail Hawk. Not Buzzard.

Yes sonof40 you’re correct, it is a red tail hawk we have plenty of them in my area.

Here’s another I took from my telescope earlier in the week, was about 1/4 mile away sitting on a crop duster.

Take care,
Paul

 

[Waldo Pepper]

Looks like a buzzard ...too big to be a hawk
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) (Buzzard, hawk, probably same thing I'm not an ornithologist)

top pic...SMILE!
2nd pic...Buzzard thinks, meh, whatever

@Porky
Shandong
山东省
China

36.3524028°, 119.1768556°location

Yes you’re right Spinitup,

It’s a red tail hawk, we have many here in central California.

Take care,
Paul

 

[SpinItUp]

So it's not taken in China?

 

[SpinItUp]

I'm saying it's a Buzzard if it is China for the location.

 

[Waldo Pepper]

How much have you cropped the close pix?
They look a lot closer than 8-10 feet with the wideangle lens.

Hello Meta,

Was around 8-10 feet from hawk, I did chop two of the pictures to bring in the detail. Here’s a ground pic from my cell camera, was a fair distance when taking this picture so it’s a bit fuzzy and chopped to enlarge the drone/hawk encounter.

Take care,
Paul

 

[Waldo Pepper]

I'm saying it's a Buzzard if it is China for the location.

I don’t know were your getting the China location, location is California.

Here’s another pic of the red tail hawk, look closely you’ll see the red from its red tail as it takes flight.

Take care,
Paul

 

[Waldo Pepper]

So it's not taken in China?

These are California pictures, taken yesterday.

 

[SpinItUp]

Yes sorry didn't read...and the converted coordinates sent me to China (won't trust that again, must've sent me E instead of W)