ML87032521
Contributor
Tom Davis Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Blue Ridge Parkway--Rakes Millpond
Floyd, Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Pair of red-shouldered hawks copulating or attempting to copulate on tree limb above Rakes Mill Pond wetland.
Observation details
One RSHA perched in tree limb above wetland area. As I was watching/photographing the first RSHA, a second RSHA flew in and mounted the first individual. The whole encounter lasted approximately 45 seconds after which the second individual perched briefly on the tree limb beside the first one and then flew off. Both individuals continued to call back and forth for several minutes.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Dimensions
- 3648 pixels x 2432 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.95 MB