red tailed hawk in flight

[rdking647]

Im working at getting better at birds in flight.

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[Celebration]

1. Love them

I have the same goal!

Gotta love red tailed hawks.

Nice crisp shots.

[Johnny Noshoes]

2. Beautiful

Thanks for posting.

[ManiacJoe]

3. Nice shots!

My initial thought was that if you opened the aperture up a little more, you could reduce the ISO and the noise in the sky, but the 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens probably best works at f/8 any way.

[rdking647]

6. i set it for shutter priority

iso 640,shutter speed 1/2000 and let it pick the aperture. i like to avoid wide open if i can

[Mira]

4. These are so beautiful. I'd say your work is paying off n/t

[Speck Tater]

5. Very nice. I've had NO luck at all with birds in flight. nt

[JDPriestly]

7. Beautiful!

[ms liberty]

8. K&R - great shots, thanks for sharing! n/t

[UBCchuck]

9. Thank You

Beautiful, just beautiful!

[MsPithy]

10. These are really beautiful!

Especially the third.

It is so good in fact, you should have it enlarged to life-size, attach it to a piece of foam core, cut out the hawk with an exacto knife and suspend it with fishing line from your ceiling. Hanging it really high will look best.

[rdking647]

12. its a 100% crop

really cant be enlarged any more

[cantbeserious]

11. Excellent Photos - Beautiful Bird

eom

[kooljerk666]

13. We had 1/2 a dozen of these move into our neighborhood last summer..........

and they were the only bird we heard in the AM.

I found several rabbits, dead & eaten & after a few weeks they moved on.

Since they left, squirrels are back thats it, no rabbits, ground hogs or any edible sized mamals.

location SE PA 1/2 between Hawk Mtn & Philly.

BTW Hawk Mtn during migration season is more than 1 RPM (Raptor Per Minute & great for hiking & photography.

Yesterday 8 Red tailed hawks & 4 Golden Eagles went by.

http://www.hawkmountain.org/

[Rozlee]

16. As long as they stay away from my Chihuahuas.

I think we have Red-tailed Hawks here in the Texas Hill Country. I know a neighbor's Pom once got herself some nasty claw marks from a giant owl while it was still early twilight, not even dark yet. Guess it was trying to fly off with her. I never let my dogs go out unless I'm with them. I don't think the hawks could fly off with them, but they might mistake them for rabbits or squirrels and try and make a meal of them.

[kooljerk666]

17. I spotted a coyote a few years back..........

....and have seen more "missing cat" posters last few years than I ever saw before.

A guy down the street had a 10-15 lb Eng Lab puppy & after I point out all the raptors around the neighborhood he was with him outside, close, all the time.

The Lab, Bucky is over 100lbs now & hawk resistant.

[Rozlee]

23. We've got chingos coyotes too.

We live 30 miles out of San Antonio and into the Texas Hill Country where there are a lot of land developers making new subdivisions all the time. The housing market crash didn't touch us at all up in this neck of the woods and yuppies are still wanting their McMansions on acreage so they can brag to their friends in the city that they live in the country. What it means is that these new subdivisions have been displacing the wildlife and they've moved into the local neighborhoods to hunt and subsist. We have coyotes, bobcats, javalinas and just last month, the telephone/internet guy had to come over to our place when our service went down. He surprised some raccoons in our attic that had chewed through our cables. We're lucky our county animal control caught them and hauled them away. I've heard in some places people have to pay pest control to do it.

[rdking647]

24. we had racoons in the attic when i was in high school

in the chicago suburbs

[rdking647]

18. where in the hill country?

i took these pictures in south austin

[Rozlee]

21. Off Highway 46, 15 minutes from Boerne, TX.

You can get to Austin in 55 minutes from my place taking 46 all the way.

[jerseyjack]

14. Check out, "palemale.com"

Also consider "Pale Male" from Netflix.


palemale.com has daily updates on the NYC hawks and other Central Park wildlife.

He is an extraordinary photographer.

[blondie58]

15. very nice!

The kings of the air...

[colorado_ufo]

19. Wow! Just . . . Wow!

[canonfodder]

20. Guessing

Early morning or late afternoon?

[rdking647]

22. neither

about 2pm.

[canonfodder]

25. Surprised

You caught the lighting just right on a couple of those.
Very hard to do at that time of day.

[rdking647]

27. because of where he hangs out

im able to keep him on my left or on my right . when i approach him he flys from one pole to another about 1-200 ft away. then i can back away and approach from another direction.

[lovemydog]

26. great photos

Spectacular birds!

[SouthernDonkey]

28. Beautiful!

Both the shots and the bird! Last one is my favorite!