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    Raptor CloseUp

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    Raptor CloseUp
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    by Harold Fleming from Masset on 27 Sep 2020
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    I was taking photos of sharpshins chasing jays when one sharpshin chased a jay over my kichen deck. They both turned sharply, first the jay. As the sharpshin turnrd a retail hawk came flying from the front of my house and the sharpshin and redtail collided, wings only. A couple of down feathers fell to the ground but both birds were okay. The redtail landed in a tree very close to my deck and this is the photo I captured.

    • Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
    • Focal: 300 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.0025 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 5.6
    tagged: raptor redtail hawk bird wildlife

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    Harold Fleming posted 2020-09-30 2:36pm

    Thanks Debra. I wish I had gotten the photo of them crashing, knowing they would be okay of course but we get some we miss some.

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    Debra Plett posted 2020-09-29 9:35pm

    Nice image, lucky they both Birds survived the near crash.

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