while up at my folk's place this weekend, i saw mr. redtail cruisin around real low. i watched him for a min just floatin around then realized i needed to grab my camera. when i came back 10 seconds later he had cruised away a bit and was catchin an updraft/thermal real quick and headin up high. then to my suprise another joined in on the fun. sorry about the pic quality, the 2 of em were WAY the eff up in the sky and i was usin all 10X optical zoom to catch em

AWESOME!

Nice John! They look awesome floating in that very blue sky!

Awsome John.. Love being able to capture them in flight

They is just flirtin and playin with each other right there. Dat is downright slapptacious ECMT .

Ya know, Slap was cruisin down the road the other day, and Mr. Red came floating in real low. So Slap grabbed his "HIFALOOTINSNAZZLEPIC" camera phone to see if he could catch him with a pic. Well, Mr. Red just cruised right above Slap sayin, "Go ahead skinny, snap away." Slap raised up, pushed da "take" button, and "BAM", Mrs. McDuner called in at that very moment to tell Slap that he needed to pick up HEMICARE for her flared up hemiroids. Then Slap looked up right after that, and Mr. Red was gone. AAAAAHHHH DAMN, SLAP AIN'T EVER GONNA CATCH HIM. WHEW. Great job ECMT, Slap has to give you and everybody else props who have been able to nail a pic of that beauty.

OOOOHH, SLAP'S GOTTA BUMP THIS ONE BACK UP....YEEEHHHHAAWWWW...

Nice Johnny boy...

snapped a couple more of the duo today. these guys are proving hard to get close up, i will succeed tho!

There's something about catching them... I just get a sense of peace when I see the majestic birds of our skys... Thank you for posting your pics John

nice pic's

i was cruising around the front yard on the golf cart when i heard the 'screech' they make and looked around. at the top of the trees above the neighbors house across the street where the duo. they were LOW and i just had to get some pics. i hauled over to the truck and grabbed my camera but by this time they had found an up-draft and man, they were goin up up up in a hurry. wish i had the camera when i first saw em, one of em was flyin with his legs stretched out in front of him like he was gonne grab somethin, those feet and claws are BIG!

yes the lovelies at Glamis love to catch our attention then tease for a moment before catching the updraft.. and away they go.. at least they were talking.. A sound that sends a two part chill up my spine every time i hear it...

this one was making me work, he kept hidin in the tops of the tallest trees....hard to get the camera to focus sometimes, but i managed to get a few before i headed off to glamis yesterday. this one had the most beautimus spots on its chest

That is a healthy Mr. Red right there ECMT. Slap heard three red tails yesterday screaming at each other. One was floating and the other two were sitting in a tree close by. The one in the air looked like a youngen because it had a hard time floating smoothly, and the other two in the tree were "YELLING" at him. The two in the tree were very big. It was probably mom and pops screaming at the kid to get his butt home for dinner. LOL