A Productive Sunday Hike

[Loupey]

I lasted only 1 1/2 hours today in temps that never reached double digits. Good thing was, hardly anyone else was out. Oh, the first one of the Red-Bellied Woodpecker is from my backyard just before I headed out.

All these with 300mm + 2x TC. Aperture between 9.5 and 11, shutter speeds between 1/180 and 1/350.

Had to put one in of the "uglies" (starlings ). Saw 5~6 different Red-Tailed Hawks this afternoon. I could only sneak up on two of them - although I doubt that I truly snuck up on them One did snatch something in the field and flew off with it. I figured I would see it again but it flew back to a nearby perch still with the prey. By the time I got close to it again, it either dropped it or finished it and flew off again, sans prey.

Thanks for looking.