{"id":7154,"date":"2012-08-17T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2012-09-01T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T01:03:09","slug":"rustic-red-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustic Red-tail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is another Montana Red-tailed Hawk, photographed in Beaverhead County a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342944883","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red-tailed hawk 9842 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7155\" title=\"red-tailed hawk 9842 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red-tailed hawk 9842 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9842-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>1\/1000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I tend to like rustic settings like this for raptors in general but particularly\u00a0for Red-tails because they have adapted so well to our rural habitats.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,708\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"9","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342945675","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.00125","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 9923 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley-300x236.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7156\" title=\"red tailed hawk 9923 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 9923 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9923-ron-dudley-400x314.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>1\/800, f\/9, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This hawk was hunting from the post and changed positions on the perch several times to get a better view in different directions.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"727,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342945902","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 9948 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley-242x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7157\" title=\"red tailed hawk 9948 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 9948 ron dudley\" width=\"727\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9948-ron-dudley-400x495.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>1\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Soon the bird went into stretch mode.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,711\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342945956","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 9998 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley-300x237.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7159\" title=\"red tailed hawk 9998 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 9998 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-9998-ron-dudley-400x316.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>1\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But eventually it spotted something of interest on the ground (and very close to me) and flew down to investigate.\u00a0 It didn’t find any prey and here it is looking back toward the fence – deciding which fence post to use for its next perch.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7161\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"744,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342945977","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 0013 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1-248x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7161\" title=\"red tailed hawk 0013 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 0013 ron dudley\" width=\"744\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0013-ron-dudley1-400x483.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>1\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It chose another\u00a0near-by post to hunt from but that hunting station didn’t last long because…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,684\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342945986","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.001","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 0020 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley-300x228.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7163\" title=\"red tailed hawk 0020 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 0020 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0020-ron-dudley-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>1\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">a very aggressive robin took exception to this new location.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1342946014","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.002","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red tailed hawk 0030 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7165\" title=\"red tailed hawk 0030 ron dudley\" src=\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"red tailed hawk 0030 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-0030-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>1\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The hawk took the bombardment for a short period but eventually took off in apparent exasperation – with the angry robin continuing to buzz the raptor all the way.<\/p>\n<p>The more time I spend with\u00a0 raptors the more I realize just how much harassment they get from other bird species.\u00a0 At times they seem to have no peace whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another Montana Red-tailed Hawk, photographed in Beaverhead County a few weeks ago. \u00a01\/1000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc I tend to like rustic settings like this for raptors in general but particularly\u00a0for Red-tails because they have adapted so well to our rural habitats. \u00a01\/800, f\/9, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 This hawk was hunting from the post and changed positions on the perch several times to get a better view in different directions. \u00a0\u00a01\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 Soon the bird went into stretch mode. \u00a0\u00a01\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 But eventually it spotted something of interest on the ground (and very close to me) and flew down to investigate.\u00a0 It didn’t find any prey and here it is looking back toward the fence – deciding which fence post to use for its next perch. \u00a0\u00a01\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 It chose another\u00a0near-by post to hunt from but that hunting station didn’t last long because… \u00a0\u00a01\/1000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 a very aggressive robin took exception to this new location. \u00a0\u00a01\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 The hawk took the bombardment for a short period but eventually took off in apparent exasperation – with the angry robin continuing to buzz the raptor all the way. The more time I spend with\u00a0 raptors the more I realize just how much harassment they get from other bird species.\u00a0 At times they seem to have no peace whatsoever….<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/17\/rustic-red-tail\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[334,450],"tags":[779,452,555,178,220,451,815,814],"class_list":["post-7154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-red-tailed-hawks","tag-beaverhead-county","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-centennial-valley","tag-hunting","tag-montana-2","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-robin","tag-rustic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-1Ro","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}