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we call him "91" because that's the number on the band around his ankle. he's not really a "resident", but he hangs out there a lot, and i've seen him there frequently for the past several years. he caught himself a garter snake, and flew up into an alder tree, lighting on a limb about 50 feet away, where he proceeded to start eating his catch...
these first two shots are uncropped, full-frame images with the 7D and 100-400L @ 400mm...
these images a cropped slightly...
after a while, he turned around and posed with his trophy for a bit...
finally, he got tired of the spectators, and flew off to eat the rest of his meal in peace...
thanks, Terry! these have had minimal processing, other than brightening up the shadows to bring out the details; i may choose a couple of the best ones to give a few tweaks to for printing.... even the crops will easily make really nice 10x15 prints...
thanks, Bill... yeah, he's a bit less skittish than most red-tails, probably because he's accustomed to humans (and their long lenses!) from hanging around the park so long...
Rocky: I used my "Tweeters" connections to track down Ole 91. The band is used exclusively by the USDA Wildlife Services, which often traps, bands, and relocates raptors which have set up shop too close to airports.
According to Laurence M. Schafer, USDA Wildlife Services, Staff Wildlife Biologist and Airport Coordinator (WA/AK), Ole 91 has been hanging out at Juanita for several years following its release in Duvall. It was originally captured in Renton and hasn't been seen there since.
