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Hawk and snake

            Today I went to Eco Pond, which is located in Everglades National Park Florida, USA.  While driving close to the  entrance of Eco Pond, there was this Red-shouldered Hawk on the ground at the right side of the road. I stopped and rolled down the passenger window, and started photographing this bird in a battle with a corn snake. The hawk won and flew off with the snake.

Whether wheeling over a swamp forest or whistling plaintively from a riverine park, a Red-shouldered Hawk is typically a sign of tall woods and water. It’s one of our most distinctively marked common hawks, with barred reddish-peachy underparts and a strongly banded tail. In flight, translucent crescents near the wingtips help to identify the species at a distance. These forest hawks hunt prey ranging from mice to frogs and snakes. (Copied from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo Lineatus). No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com

Taken on: October 2, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/4.0, 1/1000 sec, 420mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED II
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	420mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Photos 1.5
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