{"id":47904,"date":"2017-05-01T05:18:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=47904"},"modified":"2017-05-01T05:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T11:18:56","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-in-a-twisting-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-in-a-twisting-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk In A Twisting Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raptor takeoffs are always interesting to watch but when the bird is facing one\u00a0direction but twists on its perch\u00a0to fly off in another it adds an even more dynamic element to the takeoff posture.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two days ago I spent some time with this adult Red-tailed Hawk in a remote area of northern Utah. It was perched in good light on top of a berry-laden juniper with a hill in the background so I had a mostly\u00a0clean look at the bird with an interesting\u00a0backdrop other than blue sky (which I like).<\/p>\n

The hawk was facing north and most of the time it was\u00a0also looking that\u00a0direction but at one point it turned its head 180\u00b0 and stared almost directly south and behind it. I wondered if it had spotted something interesting and might take off in that direction and it did. It would have\u00a0been difficult to turn around\u00a0on the juniper before takeoff so the bird chose to perform…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

a twisting takeoff. I was pleased to catch the wings up without clipping them, light in the eye and on\u00a0the face\u00a0and a good look at that beautiful red tail.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In the next instant the wings were in a graceful angled arc and the tail was spread at a similar angle to facilitate the launch in a direction other than the way the hawk had been facing.<\/p>\n

In my experience buteos will usually take off in the direction they’re facing and then make the intended turn after they’ve left the perch and\u00a0gained some air speed but when they make the\u00a0turn during launch it can provide some interesting takeoff postures.<\/p>\n

Sadly I lost focus on the hawk after this shot.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Raptor takeoffs are always interesting to watch but when the bird is facing one direction but twists to fly off in another it adds an even more dynamic element to the takeoff posture.<\/p>\n

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