Taken at Fontenelle forest in Omaha, Nebraska. Once known as "chicken-hawk" because they would prey upon free range chickens and poultry, this bird of prey breeds throughout most of North America. A favorite breed of falconers as they are easily trained. In Omaha, Red-tails are commonly seen perched along roadway lightpoles eyeing rodents along the ditches from their high vantage point.
Nikon d300, 70-200vr, iso 300, f13@1/125s
2 responses
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Dan Richards gave props (14 Feb 2009):
Very nice capture!
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Robert Sand said (17 Feb 2009):
Delightful shot.
