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Red-tailed Hawk

© Howard B. Cheek

Red-tailed Hawk

Uploaded: October 06, 2008

Description

The most common and widespread hawk in North America, the Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of open country.
The raspy cry of the Red-tailed Hawk is used in movies to represent any eagle or hawk anywhere in the world.

This was shot last week as I was shooting dragonflies at our pond. It was quite distant, so there's a heavy crop here..Needless to say, I was quite excited as I saw it start to draw near. Not quite near enough though :(
Canon 300mm f2.8 + 2x tele, handheld.

Comments

Liz blahh October 06, 2008 0

Nice capture! They are awesome to see. #1011170

Michael Lynch October 06, 2008 0

You did great for handheld with a teleconverter. Awesome capture!!! #6558188

Raymond Pauly October 06, 2008 0

nice catch #6558371

Michelle Alton October 06, 2008 0

A lot of detail for a "longshot," Howard. I like the way he is backlit and still bright and beautiful. #6558698

Marcel J. Fernandez October 06, 2008 0

Super shot Howard!!! #6559975

Jim Baines level-classic October 06, 2008 0

I'd say this is a fine start, Howard! Some pretty sharp details for all the backlighting! Nice job!! #6560690

Janet Daniel October 06, 2008 0

Fantastic in-flight shot, Howard! #6561632

October 13, 2008 0

Lovely inflight capture Howard...love this one #6592634

Kathleen Rinker October 14, 2008 0

Great capture Howard!! #6599091

Rajeev 270293 Kashyap October 20, 2008 0

Great image Howard! #6627884

Nancy (Peaches) Harker November 05, 2008 0

I wish ANY bird would just fly by my pond LOL!
I would have been totally excited too.
Beautiful capture Howard! #6709344

Dianna Murphy November 12, 2008 0

Lucky you Howard... that he came towards you but if you wouldn't have been out there in the first place you'd have never got it, so its not all lucky. No luck is involved in the quality of the shot though. Beautiful work! #6746551

Ellen Hodges November 15, 2008 0

Fantastic lighting and details, Howard! #6759352

Z. Banu March 20, 2009 0

Fantastic capture!!!Great details!!Howard! #7305392

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