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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I found this presumed female (based on size) immature Ferruginous Hawk almost exactly four years ago in western Utah. She was relaxed and quite cooperative before she eventually took off. It may look like she’s screaming at me but when this photo was taken she was attempting to throw a pellet. She tried twice, without success.<\/p>\n At first I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to document her casting a pellet but when I got home I realized that I’d been lucky in another way. The photo was taken soon after sunrise and her wide-open mouth was pointed almost directly at the rising sun over my left shoulder. So the interior of her mouth is very well lit, rather than being in deep shadow and showing little detail as would usually be the case. It may not be a flattering pose but capturing clinical details like that always pleases me.<\/p>\n My title may or may not make much sense to my younger readers. During an exam, do doctors still routinely ask their patients to open their mouth and “say aah”, before sticking a tongue depressor a half-mile down their throat?<\/p>\n I can’t remember the last time I was asked to do so. Which is fine by me.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And a medical question.<\/p>\n