Pair of Red-Tailed Hawks

As I was biking home from school I saw this pair, very close to my house (they are always around) so I came back with the car and my gear. Luckily they were still there. I knocked on a house and met a very nice lady who allowed me to go into her backyard to shoot. Turns out she wants me to do some shooting for a conservation project shes working on, and she found a screech owl nest that she is going to show me!

They were pretty high up, these are all 50% crops at least. No clear shot to them either... so many branches.

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cool to see the two of them together on the branches...

Super shots, I would love to get more RTH's perched like that.

Very nice ,I see this quite often in my travels but never up close. Great captures.

I like `em a lot Allan!
Many of us struggle to find just 1 RTH, but you go and find 2; and your captures are very nice.
We'll be curious to see if you can bring us some Screech Owl captures too -
Good Luck!

Thanks everyone, I saw one of the pair today on the way to class, no room for the camera though . Cant wait for my 7D to get here! These owls should be interesting too, going to see them on the weekend.

A real nice set, Allan. I especially like the first. Not often we get to see a pair like that, comfy sharing a branch...

thats a nice set Allan ... like the flight shot, well done.

nice captures, Alan

Very nice..

Thanks everyone, my 7D just arrived, time to go track these guys down! hehehe