{"id":95179,"date":"2021-02-20T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T13:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=95179"},"modified":"2021-02-20T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T13:15:28","slug":"red-tailed-hawks-feeling-their-hormones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/20\/red-tailed-hawks-feeling-their-hormones\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawks Feeling Their Hormones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sex as motivation?<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, 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

Four years ago next month this bonded pair of Red-tailed Hawks put on quite a performance as they mated on a rocky outcrop reasonably close to me.<\/p>\n

It’s times like this that I wish I had a newer camera with a buffer that didn’t fill up quite so quickly, or at all. Even though I got many interesting photos of them mating I have to wonder what I missed because I had to wait briefly several times while my image files were being written to my memory card. I love my Canon 7D Mark II, so much so I have two of them and briefly considered purchasing a third before they become unavailable, but its technology is rapidly being left behind.<\/em><\/p>\n

At this point I’m trying to wait until the Canon R7 is released but I’m running out of patience.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/2000, 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

When mating had been completed the male immediately hopped onto a higher point of rock for just a moment before he took off.<\/p>\n

At first I thought it was more than a little insensitive of him to pay so little attention to his mate after the act had been completed, sort of a “wham, bam, thank you ma’am” kinda thing.<\/p>\n

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Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

But just over one minute later, like a good father-to-be, he was hauling nesting material to their nest.<\/p>\n

I guess a little hanky-panky can be pretty motivating, even in the bird world.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Sex as motivation?<\/p>\n

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