{"id":85017,"date":"2020-05-10T05:31:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=85017"},"modified":"2020-05-10T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T13:09:20","slug":"an-unusually-pale-red-tailed-hawk-perched-and-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/10\/an-unusually-pale-red-tailed-hawk-perched-and-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unusually Pale Red-tailed Hawk Perched And In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probably the lightest-colored Red-tailed Hawk I’ve ever photographed, other than a leucistic red-tail four years ago<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, 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 found this Red-tailed Hawk perched on top of a large rocky outcrop in a remote area of Box Elder County. I’m familiar with most of the red-tails in the area this nesting season but “her” distinctive coloring really made her stand out and I’m sure I’d never seen her before.<\/p>\n

She hung around the same small area all morning.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Unlike many raptors I photograph she actually waited while I removed my teleconverter before she eventually took off. Lately it seems as if they usually launch while my camera is still lens-naked.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I was able to get quite a few photos of her as she passed me in flight but today I’m including only three of the better ones (even though for some reason a couple of them are just a tiny bit soft.).<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

After this shot she looked away so I lost eye contact.<\/p>\n

Her coloring is so pale I’ll admit to having hopes that she might qualify as a Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk<\/a><\/span><\/span> but I just don’t think she’s quite white enough. Still, I’ll remember her as a distinctive hawk who actually cooperated with the photographer.<\/p>\n

Later that morning I had another even better chance with her but I botched it. As I drove down the dirt road I was trying to ID a songbird perched in a bare tree next to the road on my right and in very poor light (back-lit) when she flew up on my left. She’d been close and in great light but I hadn’t seen her perched there so I spooked her when I got much too close.<\/p>\n

That’s bird photography for you. Hopefully she’ll still be there next time I visit the area.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – I forgot to inform my readers that hummingbirds finally showed up at my feeder three days ago. I was so excited that yesterday I actually hung a second feeder right outside my kitchen window so I could enjoy seeing them closer and hopefully more often.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Probably the lightest-colored Red-tailed Hawk I’ve ever photographed, other than a leucistic red-tail four years ago.<\/p>\n

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