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<\/p>\nRed-tailed Hawks were abundant along the Idaho\/Montana border last week.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM +\u00a0EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n Many of them were hunting along a railroad track near the continental divide and I caught this one soon after it left one perch for another utility\u00a0pole. I like the wing position, the hanging feet, the spread tail and especially the complimentary colors of the background with the entire scene bathed in warm evening light. A high percentage of the red-tails I saw were juveniles which suggests to me that they had a productive breeding season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/80, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n On clear mornings when we’d leave our campsite for a day of shooting in the valleys\u00a0this is the sight that greeted us as we came down the mountain\u00a0– the backside of the Teton Mountains in profile. They were 70 miles\u00a0away so their silhouette was small but I always enjoyed that iconic profile in the distance. They look much larger here than they really were because the image was taken with my 500mm lens.<\/p>\n We’ve now arrived home from our camping trip. We had a couple of days with pretty good light but then the area became socked in with thick clouds and frustrated our bird photography\u00a0efforts so we decided to pack it in and leave the mountains to the archery hunters who were as thick as flies.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Red-tailed Hawks were abundant along the Idaho\/Montana border last week.<\/p>\n![\"tetons-4332-ron-dudley\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tetons-4332-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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