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Valley Protector

Valley Protector

Red-tailed hawk scans the horizon looking for rodents. They are very effective at helping control the population of mice and voles. ...
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Red-tailed hawk scans the horizon looking for rodents. They are very effective at helping control the population of mice and voles.
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camera

NIKON D850

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settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Sierraville, California, US

upload_date

upload_date

Nov, 2019

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195

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Awards

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Beautiful!! Love the glint of light in his eye!! : )

Glorious portrait of this amazing predator!

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Awesome capture, beautiful bird:-)

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