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<\/p>\nSkirmishing raptors are always fun to photograph, even when there are wires in the way.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n I found these two belligerent Red-tailed Hawks about ten days ago in a remote area of Utah County as they used a line of power poles as launching pads for their attacks on each other. The juvenile on the right seemed almost as aggressive as the adult. I’m not sure how serious these fights were but it seemed to be more than just play. The attacks occurred multiple times as the birds moved down the line of poles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometimes there was physical contact between them and sometimes there wasn’t but it was maddening because almost every time there were wires between me and the birds. Here the contact between the two\u00a0hawks is obvious.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A large crop of the previous image shows a slightly more detailed look at that contact. The juvenile on the right has\u00a0clamped on to\u00a0the left leg of the adult with both of its feet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After one of the attacks the adult flew down the line of power poles and very deliberately and aggressively displaced a Ferruginous Hawk (on the right) that was perched on the beam of the pole. The subordinate reaction of the Ferruginous surprised me a little because they’re significantly larger and heavier than Red-tails.<\/p>\n These images were ruined by those darned wires of course but I still thought the behavior was interesting.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Skirmishing raptors are always fun to photograph, even when there are wires in the way.<\/p>\n![\"red-tailed](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/red-tailed-hawk-3808-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n