ML132276431
Contributor
John Callender Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Photo taken at 2:24 p.m.
Observation details
A juvenile bird (photographed) spent most of the time I was there perched on telephone poles in the valley, hunting in the valley, or perched on the ground there. At one point two adult birds entered the area and interacted with it, including an incident where all three Red-tailed Hawks mobbed an immature Golden Eagle that was carrying prey; I speculated that the eagle might have taken prey from one of the Red-tailed Hawks, but I didn’t see that happen. Other Red-tailed Hawks viewed tended to be more distant, station-keeping above ridges east and west of my location.
Technical information
- Model
- DC-FZ80
- ISO
- 250
- Focal length
- 215 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.9
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 2413 pixels x 1661 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.34 MB