Red-shouldered Hawk

A hawk seen on the walking path next to my backyard. He had just caught a crayfish from the drainage ditch behind my house.

Canon 7D2, 400mm f4 DO IS II, 1.4x TC III
ISO 400, f5.6, 1/500, hand held

Any comments appreciated.

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Interesting, Allen. I didn’t know they’d catch aquatic prey. A very good image of the hawk and I really like the bit of crayfish in the beak and the rest in the talon. An excellent example of the adaptation of some species to the man-altered environment.