{"id":102382,"date":"2021-09-16T05:20:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=102382"},"modified":"2021-09-16T05:29:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:29:00","slug":"immature-red-tailed-hawk-takeoff-and-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/16\/immature-red-tailed-hawk-takeoff-and-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff And Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was a good day for Red-tailed Hawks and a few other raptors.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This young red-tail was among at least two juvies and two adults (one of them a beautiful dark morph) I saw in the same general area so I had to wonder if some or all of them had familial ties. When this one roused and then pooped I figured ‘he’ was about to take off and I was right. I always appreciate my subjects signaling their intentions like that so that…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m ready for it. I was pleased to get him in one of my favorite takeoff postures without clipping his raised wings, which I so often do in this situation.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In this next shot I like how his wingspan follows the slope of the sagebrush without having the sage directly behind the bird (sage and hawk are mostly separated from each other).<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In this photo and the next one his strikingly beautiful ‘pantaloons’ really catch my eye.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, you knew I had to clip a wing at least once.<\/p>\n

I was quite disappointed because otherwise I really like this shot. I got quite a few photos of him after this one but for some reason they weren’t quite sharp enough to post. I had more difficulty with sharpness yesterday than I should have. I hope it isn’t the beginning of a trend.<\/p>\n

I’ve been in that boat before and it isn’t any fun.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yesterday was a good day for Red-tailed Hawks and a few other raptors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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