Watch the Eagles and Hawks

Lets Fly · Nov 14, 2020

Went up to get a sunset shot and saw this guy sitting on the pine. He was curious, but not threatened. I stayed away enough and zoomed in with the M2Z.
I was ready to shoot straight up if he started to fly. Screen shot from video.

Corsair415 · Nov 14, 2020

I’ve seen seagulls and crows show more interest than hawks.

Lets Fly · Nov 14, 2020

I'll try the photo again.

Rchawks · Nov 14, 2020

That's a big bird!

Tentoes · Nov 14, 2020

While I was out the other day, beautiful hawks kept taking off from trees, but never when I had a camera ready!

Markymark 123 · Nov 16, 2020

Fabulous shot,one for the album ??

rusty4630 · Nov 18, 2020

Amazing photo!!

Lets Fly · Nov 18, 2020

Markymark 123 said:
Fabulous shot,one for the album ??

rusty4630 said:
Amazing photo!!

Thanks guys.

zeusfl · Nov 18, 2020

Nice picture. I have as well the luck with Osprey.
The first picture was taken with my Mavic Mini and the second one with the Mavic Air 2.

RuudF · Nov 18, 2020

Indeed very beautiful pics.
I am always scared that the bird will attack the drone.
Then it's bye bye drone, and buy drone!

Ruud

Lets Fly · Nov 19, 2020

zeusfl said:
Nice picture. I have as well the luck with Osprey.
The first picture was taken with my Mavic Mini and the second one with the Mavic Air 2.
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Beautiful, I fly around osprey's the most here in Florida.

Lets Fly · Nov 19, 2020

RuudF said:
Indeed very beautiful pics.
I am always scared that the bird will attack the drone.
Then it's bye bye drone, and buy drone!

Ruud

Although I have been circled by different kinds of birds, I have never been attacked, you have to be ready to go up quickly, they do not ( and really can not) follow you up, especially at the speed we can.
Once you get to a higher altitude you simply fly away. In the photo I zoomed in with the M2Z, I never want to get too close to be a threat.

Thomas B · Nov 19, 2020

Beautiful captures.

Waldo Pepper · Nov 19, 2020

Beautiful wildlife pictures, amazing shots!

I’ve taken many wildlife pictures, most are birds of prey they usually are very relaxed and not intimated by drones.

I’ll try and dig up a few of mine.

Congratulations!
Paul

OldGuy · Nov 22, 2020

Lets Fly said:
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This is why I like my M2Z. The ability to stand off while taking a photo and not disturbing anything. Great shot by the way.

Jeff A · Nov 22, 2020

Lets Fly said:
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He's the King of the Sky and he knows it!

TigersFan · Nov 22, 2020

Here's my favorite bird shot from a M2P about 20 ft AGL. It was taken in the Murrells Inlet, SC marsh this summer..

zeusfl · Nov 22, 2020

That is a nice picture. Blue Heron or Great Heron?

DoomMeister · Nov 23, 2020

That is a Great Blue Heron. They love my dock in Michigan and the ponds in The Villages, Florida.

JoostGT3 · Nov 23, 2020

Wow, you guys have some nice encounters! I had run-ins with hawks (buteo buteo) twice. Once with my Mavic Pro, I was foolish enough to try and follow one (should not have harrassed the wildlife, I know). It turned out it hadn't seen me at all and nearly turned into me:

Another time, I knew it was flying around somewhere, so I just hovered and let it choose whether it wanted to fly away or come close. It was wonderful to see that the bird literally slowed down to examine the drone, then decided it wasn't interested. This was with the Mavic 2 Pro: