On a recent birding expedition to view Sandhill Cranes I spotted a beautiful Redtailed Hawk.
He was sitting on the cross arm of a power pole. He looked like a rufous dark morph and was very striking when in flight. Unfortunately, I didn't capture the underparts in these images but my impression was they were reddish.
As you might expect, he didn't care for my attention.
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| Get ready |
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| Go! |
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| And he's off |
I say "he" but it well might have been female for it seemed to be quite large.
Off it soared. I had a hard time keeping it in my view. My new 400 mm is not image stabilized and the bird was so close that it filled much of my image. All that said, I was mostly pleased with this series.
Isn't it a beautiful bird?
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36 comments:
A terrific series and as always, I love the detail you manage to capture! There is definitely a tad of annoyance in his/her beautiful eye! Love to see him in flight!
Sylvia
Wonderful images which I was doubley impressed when I read you did these with a 400mm, hand held? Well done.
Beautiful! I love these!
Wow! Martha what a beautiful bird to see.. never mind capture fantastic images of..
Many thanks for sharing..
Thanks for sharing this lovely series.
It is beautiful! And so are your photos.
Wonderful series on your Redtailed hawk!
All nice photos but that first one is exceptional!
It is a beautiful bird and you photographed it well!
Yes, beautiful indeed! Wow! 400mm - I can hardly hold my 200mm still.
You held steady for these shots. They are Awesome!
I want to camera with the big guns/lens. But I better get stabilization too.
Oh yes! You done good!!!! It is awesome!
The catch light in the eye in that first photo is spot on! Great shot! So I guess you're enjoying your new lens?
Great post Martha!
A beautiful bird capture.
We went to view the Sandhill Cranes at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge a week ago. Where did you all go to view them? Aren't they just amazing birds!!!
Great images Martha!! Excellent action shots of a majestic bird. Brilliantly captured with a non image stabilised 400mm lens. I always go hand held when I am bird watching with my 55-250mm on full zoom. I would love a 400mm!!
oh, look at that!!!
Oh wow! How majestic this bird is and how compelling your images are...
What a beauty he/she is Martha. That red tail really comes to the fore in the beautiful flight shot.
Very nice bird indeed, Martha. The image quality is excellent even without IS.
I love this bird.You got great pictures of him too!I can`t get close enough to ours here in the woods to get a good shot,phyllis
Wonderful sequence!
Glorious photos with such lovely detail. Whenever we go to see the cranes, seeing all the raptors and many other species is an added pleasure. I hope to get out there soon.
Great series of the take-off!! And a beautiful bird!!
We could talk for hours about 400mm
lenses. What a great problem to have, getting to close. As far as IS goes, achieve a shutter speed over 1/1200 and it's pretty useless anyway or at least unnecessary. 1/1600 even better. Excellent pictures, enjoy that lens!
Wow, great series of the beautiful hawk, love it!
So gorgeous...
gorgeous!
Fantastic shots of that beautiful hawk!
What a perfect timing. You did capture it well! Love the 1st photo.
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such a majestic visitor!
Terrific captures!
Love, love the first one!
He is beautiful!
gorgeous shots! You are so lucky. Thanks for sharing :)
Amazing shots, Martha! I love the bird's beautiful face in the first one and the fanned out wing tips and tail feathers in the last one.
Gorgeous!
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