Ferruginous Hawk

[Glenn Conlan]

My buddy Dave Salem and I ran into this very cooperative Immature Ferruginous Hawk, a rarity for us. We see a few every winter in our area but never get that close. This one was actively hunting insects! and was not interested in our careful approach and we both got many keepers from static shots full frame to flight shots in all positions. Thanks for you comments

D4 600mm
1/4000 sec
ISO 500
F7.1
Manuel Exp.
Shot out of car window on a beanbag

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot with full up wings showing nice underwing pattern. Nice exposure on whites.Beautiful HA.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

what a beautiful frame of this rare specie! wish it was mine

hope to see you again this year

[Marina Scarr]

Surely NOT an easy raptor to spot or photograph, and you've done it wonderfully.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful shot of this beauty. Congrats on seeing him and capturing such a fine flight image. Great detail and exposure. I hope to see one some day.

[shane shacaluga]

Beautiful clean image of this remarkable species. One of the few species of raptor that uses beak to kill prey.

Lovely exposure on the whites and super detail

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks great! I love the near wing's details. Sounds like you guys had a great time with it....a very attractive raptor.

[Alan Murphy]

Excellent species and beautifully photographed.

[David Salem]

What a fun day we had with this guy. Cant believe how cool he was letting us get within a few feet of him. We sure did get allot of great frames and this one looks great!
The wing position and the details in the whites is awesome and I like seeing the hanging legs with the signature feathered tarsus of this eagle like species. See ya out these tomorrow, hope he's there!

[Doug Brown]

Nice one Glenn! The photo really shows off the feathered legs of a Ferruginous Hawk. Sounds like a cool encounter too!

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent flight pose,detail and exposure.nice BG color.