Red-tailed Hawk

[mymantra]

There are tons of these near my home in Helena, Alabama. This is one of my better shots of one.

[Rosah]

That's beautiful Paul. Great close-up.

[Chuck A Wulla]

Excellent shot. My only recent shots are all in the bushes.

[Gaye Horn]

Hi and welcome Paul... this is one lovely looking redtail...I am really curious about your camera gear. What are you using?

[mymantra]

Thanks Gaye,
I'm using a lowly Nikon Coolpix 885 :) And an even lowlier (is that a word?) Nikon Earth and Sky 60mm with 15-45x. This scope has horrible CA. Fortunately he was in direct sun, late afternoon, with a darkish background. PS Elements fixed most of the rest. This shot was probably around 22x on the scope, 3x on the camera.

[IanF]

Super shot Paul. You are very fortunate to have such birds close to hand.

[ariddle]

Hi Paul. I've been enjoying all your raptor shots! Thanks for shraring.
Alicia

[Nina P]

Hi Paul, would love to take pic's of our birds, but by the time I'll have reached my camera the bird would have flown, that also requires me to have sat down and steadied my shaky old hands to snap, if you saw how often my fingers get trapped in the keys of the PC and the ammount of checking and deleting I do to make these messages readable you would understand. Nina P

[mymantra]

Thanks Nina,
I try to stay always at the ready - when I drive to and from work, I generally put my camera and scope on my car-window mount, because you never know ...

[birdey]

great shot! (i wish i could get a good close up of red tails i love them)