Location - Stick Marsh
Red-shouldered hawk
BirdsLR ClassicNikon D500Red Shouldered HawkStick MarshTamron 150 600 mm lens
Greg&Rose Photography
on February 20, 2020Superb Arnold
Ethan Winning
on February 17, 2020I see why this is one of your favorite locations, Arnold. Always enjoy looking at nature so varied and, in many ways, different than this part of interior northern California which is part desert, mile upon mile of oak woodland and oak grasslands - which is great for Acorn Woodpeckers and raptors - and nothing like Florida because ... well, last week, during a wind storm, our humidity dropped to 19% from it's normal 47%. Anyway, we do have Red-tailed hawks soaring over my mountain along with a very few Golden Eagles...
Fine image of this RTH. Love the bird. Did you know that it was Howard Hughes who demanded that the call of the RTH be used in all of his western movies regardless of what bird was shown. From 1939 on, any bird you see in a western movie will have the call of the Red-tailed hawk. In one movie, it happens to be a Turkey Vulture, but I doubt if there's one person in New Bedford, MA (my hometown) who even knows it's a bird ;-)