Aaron's Bird Photos

Red-tailed Hawk

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"Movies almost always use the red-tailed hawk's call for any raptor" according to the Wingspan card

San Francisco
D3400 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 3200, 1/1000, F16
(9MP crop, equiv 513mm F27)

San Francisco
D3400 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 400, 1/1000, F6.3
(2MP crop, equiv 1187mm F25)

with evidence of its recent meal in San Francisco. It hatched in 2022 and was banded near Sausalito.
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 3200, 1/1000, F6.3
(5MP crop, equiv 787mm F16)

San Francisco. It broke off the branch for nesting material.
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 200, 1/2000, F6.3
(6MP crop, equiv 752mm F16)

San Francisco
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 280, 1/2000, F6.3
(5MP crop, equiv 948mm F20)

San Francisco
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 160, 1/1000, F6.3
(12MP crop, equiv 450mm F9.5)

Pt. Reyes, CA
R7 + 800mm F11, ISO 1250, 1/1250
(18MP crop, equiv 1728mm F25)

San Francisco
D3400 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 3200, 1/1000, F25
(5MP crop, equiv 796mm F64)

San Francisco
D3400 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 360, 1/1000, F6.3
(2MP crop, equiv 1161mm F25)

(likely Harlan's subspecies) at Fort Hill, Cape Cod
R7 + 800mm F11, ISO 640, 1/1000
(4MP crop, equiv 3351mm F45)

San Francisco
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 200, 1/2000, F6.3
(3MP crop, equiv 881mm F19)

San Francisco
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 360, 1/2000, F6.3
(6MP crop, equiv 880mm F19)

Red-shouldered Hawk swooping down at Red-tailed Hawk in San Francisco. The Red-tailed Hawk appeared to win the scuffle since it reclaimed its perch.
D5600 + 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 @ 300mm, ISO 1250, 1/1250, F6.3
(13MP crop, equiv 571mm F13)

Pt. Reyes, CA
R7 + 800mm F11, ISO 1250, 1/1250
(18MP crop, equiv 1728mm F25)