This beautiful little raptor was a daily visitor for a few weeks early this winter near a local feeding station, and pretty much decimated the Mourning Dove population at that spot. I was hoping to see it during one of the very few days I have for photography, so I was pleased when early one weekend morning it showed up on some frosted birch branches and spread its tail feathers after a round of preening. A bit steeper than I prefer, but I'll take it!
Canon R6 + 100-400L II + 1.4TC III @560mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/8, ISO 3200, full-frame, minor cleanup, deeper contrast and saturation to taste to bring the dull raw file to life.