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RTJim
04-08-2007, 02:27 PM
Great flight shots of RT soaring...working the wind. There was a bunny crawling under the honeysuckle along the RR tracks under the snow for over 5 minutes and we finally busted the bunny out for a fabulous catch. Jess the RT has been intermewed since 2001....... [smilie=icon_thumright.gif] ..........jm

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/IMG_2888.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/IMG_2892.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/IMG_2822.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/F-Neal2-07.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/F-Neal2-2007.jpg

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/JessRRTracks2-2007_03.jpg
everetkhorton
04-08-2007, 08:24 PM
Jim:
Thanks for posting the photo's of the Rt. soaring.
`Chris L.
04-09-2007, 08:53 AM
Amazing shots jim.

.. how impressive is that [smilie=icon_pray.gif]

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r253/Nafex/IMG_2822.jpg
areal
04-09-2007, 03:26 PM
Those are moves I'd expect to see from a Ferrug, hats of to you for getting a Redtail to that kind of standard [smilie=icon_pray.gif] [smilie=icon_pray.gif]
[HOA]hawk
05-21-2007, 05:46 PM
Very nice photos very pretty bird. [smilie=icon_thumright.gif]
Rudd
05-22-2007, 12:33 PM
Those are some great pictures.
Kazzy
05-25-2007, 10:28 AM
Awesome pictures, and such a beautiful bird! I hope you don't mind, but I used one of your pics as my desktop background.
RTJim
05-26-2007, 12:45 PM
No..I would be honored.............jm
chamokane
05-26-2007, 01:30 PM
Those are great photos, thanks for posting them. You make me want to go out and spend money on a better camera.

I love to watch a RT hunt from a soar. I used to toss a lot of barn pigeons for my RT when the thermals were good. Her stoops became pretty impressive and she even caught a few of the pigeons. She caught a couple of pheasants in the air by stooping out of thermals. It was fun to flush rabbits when she was up almost out of sight. She would come down like a bomb but the rabbits always had time to get into the rocks before she made it all the way down and she would pitch up like a falcon and go right back up. One of the things I want to try now that I'm retired is to take her down to Oregon and see if I can get her to catch jackrabbits from a high pitch. I've had that bird since 1989.