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Title: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Aten on Jul 08 2009 - 05:28AM

This is a pic I got about 20yrs ago in Oregon IL. coming home from White Pines Forest S.P.

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Rachael on Jul 08 2009 - 07:11AM

Aw, he's awesome!  Great shot Aten! :)

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Aten on Jul 08 2009 - 09:33AM

Thankyou Rachael i`ll have to scan the turtle from BG and post it too now that I know how.   :)

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: jphunter26 on Oct 15 2009 - 01:45AM

That is a beautiful picture! I am assuming that you used a telephoto lens?
Raptors are amazing birds!

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Aten on Oct 15 2009 - 09:23AM

Thankyou and yes I did use a telephoto lens to get this picture. I took a series of shots untill I get reasonably close as he was sitting on a stump and the only thing between us was a chain link fence.

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Colleen2510 on Oct 15 2009 - 02:36PM

Gorgeous picture Aten! Hope you don't mind that I copied it. I just love birds. I even pulled over on the side of the road to try n get a pic of an ugly old vulture the other day. I only had a camera phone tho so I was amazed that he was going to let me get close enough to him to take the photo. I was right up to him...so close that I was afraid he might decide to eat me since I was between him and the roadkill that he was tryin to get to. I raised the phone and looked at the pic I was about to take.....he didn't like that and he pulled his wings up around his head as though he were haunching his shoulders up in fury! Then his wings began to spread open and they were HUGE!!! I'm telling you they were HUGE!!! And beautiful!!! For one second I thought what a beautiful picture this is going to be! Of course my heart was racing as I hit the end button instead of the snapshot button and the picture just went away as the huge gust of wind blew my hair back and the vulture took flight and was gone faster than I could blink an eye. Bummer.

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: Aten on Oct 16 2009 - 09:07AM

Shame you did`nt get the pic Colleen. It`s ok you copied my pic of the hawk. You are lucky with that vulture! I read that they will regurgitate the food they ate to get away from anything that disturbs them.

Title: Re: Red Tailed Hawk
Post by: jphunter26 on Oct 16 2009 - 10:51AM

Sorry you missed that shot Colleen....Hello, I am James, by the way.
I once had a big raven pose for me while he sat upon a tombstone....very Edgar Allen Poe..ish.