{"id":133136,"date":"2023-03-30T05:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T11:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=133136"},"modified":"2023-03-30T07:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:14:54","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-searching-for-nesting-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/30\/red-tailed-hawk-searching-for-nesting-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk Searching For Nesting Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banking in flight close to the ground.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the adult female Red-tailed Hawk I photographed two weeks ago today and posted several photos of previously. On that morning she and her dark morph mate were actively refurbishing their nest. They would take off from their nest high on a cliff, fly down nearly to ground level and hug the ground in flight as they searched for nesting material, which is what she’s doing here. On this sortie she didn’t find anything suitable until she was much too far away for photos.<\/p>\n

With her so close to the ground I was lucky to keep her in focus. The Canon R5 gets part of the credit for that.<\/p>\n

I was somewhat reluctant to post this shot because I’ve published photos of her before but I haven’t posted anything to my blog for a few days so at the last minute I decided to run with it. I like this shot in particular because her banking flight posture allows a good look at her ventral surfaces and because it’s apparent that she’s looking at the ground for nesting material. You know me and behavior…<\/p>\n

Our nasty weather continues to keep me homebound (we got an additional 3″ of snow last night). Two days ago our forecast was for heavily overcast skies so once again I stayed home. But wouldn’t you know it, soon after dawn the skies cleared unexpectedly and they stayed that way for the entire morning. But by then it was too late to go anywhere.<\/p>\n

So I wasted the only good morning light we’ve had for a couple of weeks. Bummer.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note to Canon R5 users: <\/em><\/p>\n

As of early this morning the much-anticipated R5 firmware update, version 1.8.1, is now available for download<\/a><\/span><\/span>. I haven’t installed it yet but I will, despite its less than enthusiastic reception from some R5 users. Apparently some of them expected more useful features with this update.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Banking in flight close to the ground.<\/p>\n

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