{"id":105494,"date":"2021-12-27T06:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=105494"},"modified":"2021-12-28T05:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T12:53:27","slug":"adult-male-rough-legged-hawk-flight-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/27\/adult-male-rough-legged-hawk-flight-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Male Rough-legged Hawk Flight Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ten image flight series. And the loss of a giant in the birding world.<\/p>\n

That’s a lot of photos and some of them are similar to each other but I think there’s value in seeing multiple consecutive shots of a bird in flight for the better understanding of the dynamics of flight it can provide.<\/p>\n

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These photos were taken six days ago at Bear River MBR. The adult male Rough-legged Hawk had taken off away from me but soon after takeoff he unexpectedly curled around and flew closer to my pickup as he flew to another perch in front of me. I posted this first shot in the series five days ago as a stand-alone but the other nine are new to Feathered Photography.<\/p>\n

The photos were taken in a burst with 1\/10th of a second between them. They’re presented in the order they were taken but I left one shot out because it was just a little too soft.<\/p>\n

Image techs for these photos are all the same – 1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender<\/em>. My shutter speed is incredibly high because I had no time to make camera adjustments.<\/p>\n

I plan to keep my narration to a bare minimum. Many of these photos speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

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The wing position in most of them was either horizontal or in the up position to some degree, with very few showing the wings in a down position because the hawk had already gained air speed so he didn’t need deep power strokes. His legs were tucked under his tail for the entire series.<\/p>\n

The photo I took after this shot is the one I’m not including because it was too soft.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the one taken after that.<\/p>\n

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I believe he had his nictitating membrane fully closed for this shot.<\/p>\n

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One of the few photos with his wings in a down position.<\/p>\n

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\"\"In this shot his right wing shaded most of his body.<\/p>\n

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The last photo in the series. After this shot he was mostly past me and besides, I started clipping and cutting off body parts. I was lucky to get this many photos of him where he was sharp, with no body parts cut off and with enough room in the frame for a composition that works for me.<\/p>\n

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If the narration of this post seems a little disjointed it’s because my mind is partly elsewhere. Just before bedtime last night I learned that Jerry Liguori\u00a0passed away on Christmas Eve after a 5 1\/2 year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Jerry was a giant in the birding world and a raptor ID specialist who was known and highly respected internationally. And he was a friend who lived here in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

June 19, 2016 was the day Mia and I found the juvenile Short-eared Owl hung up on barbed wire that eventually became known as Galileo<\/a><\/span><\/span> when he couldn’t be released after rehab and ended up as an education bird for HawkWatch International. It was Sunday and Father’s Day so we were having difficulty making contact with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah (WRCNU) to make arrangements for the injured owl. So of course Jerry came to mind. Mia called him while we were still in the field while I was somewhat frantically driving toward “civilization” and the owl was wrapped in a towel on Mia’s lap.<\/p>\n

It turned out that Jerry had just received his devastating ALS diagnosis and he told us about it during that phone call but he’s so tuned in to raptors and their welfare that, despite the emotional trauma he was experiencing, he provided valuable advice as to what we should do with the owl. I’ll never forget it and I’ll never forget Jerry for his incredible raptor knowledge, his willingness to mentor others, his sense of humor and his sometimes brutal frankness.<\/p>\n

R.I.P. Jerry Liguori.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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By the way, this book by Jerry is my bible when it comes to raptor ID. Highly recommended.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A ten image flight series. And the loss of a giant in the birding world.<\/p>\n

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