Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Flying Off!
  

Flying Off!

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by from Guelph CA on 25 Mar 2026
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A Red-Tailed Hawk that had posted itself on a lamp post to survey the nearby farm patch for its next potential catch, stretches out and leaps out at takeoff - perhaps with a target acquired in mind.

  • Camera: ILCE-6700
  • Focal: 350 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.001 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8
tagged: red tailed hawk animal bird buzzard accipiter vulture vertebrate beak bird_of_prey accipitridae wing accipitriformes falcon falconiformes

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