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Red-Tailed Hawk
digishooter

Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

The Red-Tailed Hawk did not capture this California Quail. It, instead, took it from a Coopers Hawk that had make the kill (I witnessed the kill myself, and I witnessed the subsequent theft, as well). Note the band on the hawks leg.
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Habitat
Open farmland and chaparral
Location
Weldon Ca. USA
Date taken
Jan 2010
Scientific name
Buteo jamaicensis
Equipment used
Canon 30D : lens; Canon EF 500 USM L : Mode; aperture priority : Metering; evaluative : Exp., 1/500 @ f 8.0, + .66 comp. : ISO 320 : White Bal., custom 4800K : PP Adobe Camera RAW , CS6
delia todd
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Wow!! What action you observed Mark.

A super picture you've got of him too. Very well done lad.
 
ducbucln
Beautiful clean shot of this raptor! You had an interesting narrative to go with the shot, well done.

Vicki
 

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