Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Petite Buse at Prince Edward Point, Ontario, Canada

            Another static portrait, but it's a hawk, and the technical image quality (sharpness, exposure, etc.) is good by my standards, so up it goes on flickr!

Prince Edward County at the northeastern end of Lake Ontario is hard to describe geographically, other than to say it has many points, inlets, bays, reaches, narrows, and the like. For the purposes of this photo, the most important feature is Long Point, also known as Prince Edward Point (which subsumes Point Traverse), on the southeastern tip of the County.

The prevailing winds from the west transform the point into a giant bird funnel, with migrants pushed east until they run out of land and have to face mighty Lake Ontario. The travellers then mill about at the tip until they sort out a plan to keep moving safely. While everything from songbirds to shorebirds can mass here when wind conditions are right, migrating raptors are particularly conspicuous. 

Hawks, falcon and eagle numbers really start to pick up later in September, so this young Broad-winged Hawk is a harbinger. Not all raptors are as photo-cooperative as this one, but my plan is to secure images of more species this fall, hopefully doing something other than sitting!

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Waupoos Island (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, f/9.0, 1/1000 sec, 840mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS III USM +1.4x III
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	840mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.4 (Macintosh)
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