Red-Tailed Hawk II

Here's a second shot of this red-tailed hawk at Lake Cachuma. Actually when I saw him land on the pole I got a good view of the feathers on the underside of his tail, and they really were red!

Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Red-Tailed Hawk I

A group of us went up to Lake Cachuma which is about 20 miles out of Santa Barbara this past weekend. We went in a 32-foot motor home that some friends are currently renting. What a great time we had. This red-tailed hawk happened to land on a high-voltage power pole right by our site and luckily I happened to see him. He was very used to people it would seem as he wasn't bothered at all by me walking around the pole taking his photo. What a high voltage bird!

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Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 225 mm
ISO Speed: 200