Close encounters of the Red Shouldered Kind...
This red shouldered hawk has been hanging around my house this week in my Oak tree... I wonder what "prey" has his attention? Rats? Mice? My new puppy?
HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/400 iso400
I hurried up and got a few nice shots, I could sense he was about to bail
HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/400 iso400
Yeah, he is eye'ing an upper branch and about to jump...
HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/400 iso400
...there is more and it gets better, I'll post some tomorrow when I process them.