Colorado Red-Tailed Hawk - LANDING!!!

Here's a sequence of a Colorado Red-Tailed Hawk taking off from a nest in a tall Cottenwood tree near our house. These were taken with a Canon 55-250 telephoto lens attached to Canon 40D DSLR that was shooting a 6.5 frames/second at ISO 800, F/6.3 and 1/2000 second.

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Here's a takeoff sequence and more Colorado Red-Tailed Hawk pictures