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<\/p>\nI photographed my first Rough-legged Hawk of the season\u00a0four days ago.\u00a0 The last time I’d photographed them prior to that had been on January 27, 2014 so it had been 285 days in-between opportunities with this species that spends much of the year in the high arctic.\u00a0 Hopefully\u00a0that gives me an excuse to post images of roughies twice within just a few days.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark ll, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, shot and processed in JPEG, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I encountered this bird at Farmington Bay\u00a0yesterday morning as it flew from tree to tree while being harassed from its perch by an aggressive\u00a0Northern Harrier.\u00a0 The sky was almost entirely blue but there was a dark gray cloud bank far to the north which I just happened to catch as background.\u00a0 I actually appreciate this background color as an interesting alternative to the more common blue, especially since I had good light on almost the entire bird.<\/p>\n I’m now seeing more roughies at Farmington and elsewhere every time I venture out and that encourages me, especially since they were so\u00a0scarce last winter in my usual haunts.\u00a0 It would be a very long winter without them.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I photographed my first Rough-legged Hawk of the season four days ago. The last time I’d photographed them prior to that had been on January 27, 2014 so it had been 285 days in-between opportunities with this species that spends much of the year in the high arctic. Hopefully that gives me an excuse to post images of roughies twice within just a few days.<\/p>\n