[texbirds] Re: New camera and first bird found
- From: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wmewrght@xxxxxxxxxx" <wmewrght@xxxxxxxxxx>, "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:08:41 -0400
Hi Bill -
It is an adult Cooper's Hawk. The dark cap forms a "beret" on a Coop, while
an adult Sharpie wears a dark hoodie like Bill Belichick. Coop has a smooth,
continuous profile from crown to beak, while the Sharpie silhouette has a
pronounced forehead and a "Notch" at the bill.
As for the Super Zoom cameras - the 65x is the ratio of the ENTIRE zoom range,
which starts in Wide Angle (negative magnification) and ends at the telephoto
setting. So, I am guessing that your camera is a Canon SX60, which has the
35mm equivalent of a 21 - 1365mm lens.
That's pretty impressive, but also realize that in 35mm camera terms (where
50mm is 1x, 100mm = 2x, etc.), a 1365mm lens gives you a little more than 27x
maximum from naked eye viewing. Like I said, that is impressive, and if it
were not for the camera's built-in Image Stabilization, it would be very
difficult to get sharp images at that magnification.
Oh yes, do NOT go into Digital Zoom - that will likely hurt the image quality
if afterward you want to zoom in for fine details.
Have fun with it!
Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Calallen (Corpus Christi), TX
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 8:29 PM
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Subject: [texbirds] New camera and first bird found
A few weeks ago, I was at the Wednesday morning bird walk at Kleb Woods.
We were hearing a Marsh Wren in the distance. A lady walked up to us with a
camera and showed us this photo of the wren. The wren was about
75 feet away on the other side of the pond. Great photo and the camera did not
have what I call a howitzer lens. I asked her what kind of zoom it had? She
responded 50x. I asked if that was an optical zoom and she showed me the label
on the side. When I got home I looked up the camera.
Then I found that a updated version was being released October 20 with a 65x
optical zoom. After some more research, I ordered one. It arrived today. After
trying to decipher the instructions, I walked outside to find a bird. This hawk
cooperatively flew up to the top of an electrical tower 300 feet away fro our
house.
I posted two photos on Flicker.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrightbirder/15401455479/in/photostream/>
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/wrightbirder/15401463689/in/photostream/>
Am I correct that this is a Sharp-shinned Hawk? The end of the tail looks more
square to me than rounded. I saw this hawk or another accipiter the other day
and when it flew the wings were pushed forward.
Bill Wright
Houston, TX
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