Thursday, April 16, 2020

Red-tailed Hawk in Flight

There are two types of raptors at Bear River. The raptors who stay in the refuge during their migration and who are permanent residents. A Red-tailed Hawk lives at Bear River all year around.

This was my first encounter with this raptor that started not very promising but ended up wonderfully.  Somehow I managed to get two photographs of this Hawk.


Photographing a flying bird against the blue sky is always a challenge for me but this time everything worked OK.




The Hawk was soaring with his wings down letting me to get this shot.






12 comments:

  1. Oh! I love birds of prey and this hawk is so handsome.
    Beautiful and amazing photos.

    Stay Safe 🌷 Hugs 💗

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  2. Magnificent! What must it be like to fly away?

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  3. Dos tomas perfectas del halcón en vuelo y destacando sobre el cielo azul. Pese al movimiento el foco y el detalle es perfecto, has logrado congelar el movimiento.
    Un abrazo y cuidense mucho

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  4. Powerful and gracious. Good luck to see him, but also to photograph him.

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  5. La primera majestuosa, la segunda fortaleza. Preciosas las dos.
    Un abrazo y cuidate.

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  6. WOW Kaya que fotos más maravillosas, son espectaculares. Enhorabuena. Besos.

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  7. Impresionante su vuelo. Que personalidad!!!
    Un abrazo, Kaya.

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  8. Dos disparos muy buenos, Kaya, "congelas" al halcón en pleno vuelo, cosa nada fácil, con una gran calidad de imagen. Buenas fotografías.

    Saludos.

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  9. Both photographs are superb, Kaya. I prefer the second shot because the essence of the hawk is more predatory in nature. The bird has the look of a fighter aircraft swooping in on attack.

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  10. Me encanta siempre ver como congelas su moviminto en el aire
    Un abrazo, amiga

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  11. love these photos - I rarely get to photograph a hawk .

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