Red Backed Hawk by danob
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This is a female Red Backed Hawk I took at the Hawk Conservancy just as she was taking off. The females are a little larger and more colourful which is the norm for birds of Prey. This belongs to the Buteo species which means Soaring and the latin name Buteo Polyosoma the latter part may give rise to it being sometimes known as the Variable hawk in The Falklands and Chille, where I have seen but not captured in the wild.
Its most constant feature is its white tail and black sub-terminal band. Males tend to have grey backs with largely grey or white underparts. The larger females typically as shown here have a rufous back but can have either white or rufous underparts
Comments (50)
Gorgeous Danny!!
Wow, what a beautiful bird! Excellent capture, as always!
Wow! just at the point of take-off. tremendous capture!
Amazingly beautiful photography....excellent capture my friend.
Absolutely gorgeous image Danny, wonderful work!
a stunning bird of prey ! fantastic capture of him !!!
A wonderful photo. Beautiful hawk.
Nicely timed shot Dan, i gotta get me one of those 300 or 400 mm lenses for stuff like this.
gorgeous take off Danny !!! love those wings so beautifully captured!!!!
great photo!!!!!
Fabulous catch!
excellent!
Excellent capture, just in the right moment. Superb!
Awesome!
Fantastic image and work!!!
awesome capture my friend 5+
Impressive moment and capture, Danny!!!
Einfach immer toll Deine Bilder einfach ein Genuss für die Augen :-)
Fantastic capture, incredible image.
Stunning capture my friend.
Fantastic capture. Magnificent bird of prey. Very beautiful female here.+5
fabuleux ! Bravo !
Beautiful capture
My heavens, what perfect timing! Extraordinary wing spread and wonderful capture, Danny!
What a gorgeous bird! Fabulous capture. Bunny
Timing couldn't be better. What a beautiful action photo.
A beautiful capture! I am always amazed with your bird images. Such jaw-dropping good skill.... as always. ;o) Excellent.
Excelent capture of the take off.
she is beautiful great shot thanks for sharing ++5
I had not even heard of this species.. beautiful capture.. as usual :-))