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The Prairie Hunt

The Prairie Hunt

The huge inland valley between Sierraville and Portola, California that used to be an inland sea eons ago, is home to an infinite number and variety of hawks an...
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The huge inland valley between Sierraville and Portola, California that used to be an inland sea eons ago, is home to an infinite number and variety of hawks and other raptors. This beauty had just launched himself from a roadside fencepost and fortunately I actually had my camera on the right setting and was in a position to shoot this photo! Because of the wide variety of hawks and falcons known to inhabit this area, we are having trouble accurately identifying this one...anyone have an idea what it could be? (Ferruginous? Prairie? Sharp-shinned? Coopers?) We don't believe it's a red-tail.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/9 ISO 500 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 2600/10

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Jan, 2018

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659

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Awards

Contest Finalist in We Love The Winter Photo Contest

Peer Award

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Magnificent Capture

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Right time at right place. Truly spectacular capture.

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Fantastic action shot

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Awesome!

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Phenomenal capture!

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Great shot..congratulations on this one Mark:-)

Love it

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Nice work, Mark!

One of my all-time favorite shots! Beautiful!!

oh my God - this is cool!!!

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Congratulations on your Contest Finalist Award!

Congratulations on your well deserved award, Mark!!!!

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Yay, Mark! Congrats on being a Finalist with this beauty!

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