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<\/p>\nWe set up camp early enough late yesterday afternoon that we had time for a couple of hours of looking for birds in the general area of the Centennial Valley. There seems to be an abundance of Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels but it appears that many of the Swainson’s Hawks have already headed south. Only a single Ferruginous Hawk was spotted.<\/p>\n
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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500 f4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I watched as this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk left its power pole perch and pursued prey, which it missed. When it took off\u00a0from the ground I thought it might return to the same perch so I prefocussed on it and fired off a burst as it prepared to land.<\/p>\n Part of the reason I like the photo is because we don’t see many shots of landing raptors. My first reaction was an extreme dislike for the power pole perch but upon reflection it’s growing on me. I actually think the different colored glass insulators add some interest to the image.<\/p>\n Today will be our first full day of shooting. I wonder what we’ll find…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Part of the reason I like the photo is because we don’t see many shots of landing raptors.<\/p>\n