{"id":116092,"date":"2022-08-07T04:11:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T10:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116092"},"modified":"2022-08-07T05:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T11:05:03","slug":"immature-red-tailed-hawk-practice-landing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/immature-red-tailed-hawk-practice-landing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Red-tailed Hawk – Practice Landing #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only two photos this time but they’re my favorites from the series.<\/p>\n

When I posted the Practice Landing #1″ series<\/a><\/span><\/span> it included 18 photos which was a bit much, both for my readers and for the photographer who had to process them all. This time there’s a beginning and an end with no loooong<\/em> middle. But it so happens that those two photos are my favorites from his second practice takeoff and landing.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Only a few seconds after he landed on this rock at the end of his first practice landing, the unusually dark and very young Red-tailed Hawk took off again. This time ‘his’ intended landing spot was much closer – the top of the rock on the left in this photo. From his stretched-out and very athletic takeoff posture one might assume that he had a long way to go but this time it was more like a jump without the hop and the skip.<\/p>\n

Note: I was happy to see his bulging crop. Apparently he’s getting plenty to eat. All too often these young hawks don’t.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Four frames later he nailed the landing.<\/p>\n

I’ve left out the three photos between these two, and several taken after this one, because the rock and the vegetation hid part of the bird in all of those shots and because I didn’t want to process that many photos. Processing the 18 photos in my post two days ago kicked my butt.<\/p>\n

Not long after he settled in on this rock he took off for another one just a few feet away but that third time he had his back to me so I won’t be posting any of those photos.<\/p>\n

If practice makes perfect this guy must be getting his landings down pat.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Only two photos this time but they’re my favorites from the series.<\/p>\n

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