Richard Smith
09-10-2016, 01:10 PM
I came across this young Red-tail Hawk this summer in Colorado. He was sitting on the ground and allowed me to approach within about 10 feet before deciding to leave. In Oklahoma, where I live, Red-tails are never on the ground and will not allow a close approach so, because his behavior was so "unred-tail" and because he was young enough that there was not yet a red tail, IO thought it was some other Colorado species. He was also quite a bit larger than most of the Red-tails I see.
Tell me what you think of this guy. Canon 7DII. Tamron 70-300 @300mm. 1/1600 @ f8. ISO 640
Tell me what you think of this guy. Canon 7DII. Tamron 70-300 @300mm. 1/1600 @ f8. ISO 640