On the way to Olds to haul trash HA2 spotted Mr and Mrs Red Tail scoping the valley just before Olds. We were able to circle around them in the truck and get some shots!

I croped some of these but had to leave some large for the full effect. Sory dial-upers!

seeing those two that close in real life was truly amazing. a salute to a couple of true duners.

great shots.

Excellent, very nice pics of natures beauty in the dunes.

Nice Pics Mike!

nice close ups

Wow..you said you got some great shots....I agree!! Very nice camera too!!

Thanks for sharing...

Very cool Mike, great pics!

That is one bad mutha fo sho!!!! Great pics, I'm sure one of those could make it to the front page. Absolutely the best pics I've seen of the red dude.

I dig on seeing animals in the dunes! Great pics Mike.

VERY COOL PICS. MIKE...................................

hey was posing for me too, but I dont have a telephoto lens...just 4x zoom

saw him wed. afternoon in 13.5!

AWESOME..

I was sent a message from the man that his internet is all Famoogled and cant get on till like Wed cause of those Cox and Cox cable.. Hes gonna be pissed when I call him and tell him about these AWESOME pics..

Beautiful Mike..

Beautiful pics, Mike!!

nice pics mike

The camera King strikes again. Peace

MAAAAAAAAANNNN----MAAAANNNNOOOOOMAN...YOU GOT SLAP DANCIN IN THE STREETS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIKE330R ...You know the way to Slap's heart. Those two are beautimus, and Slap is so glad dat they let ya get close like that 330. They know we loves em, that's why they are lettin us close. The good folks here at GD.com get rewarded with stuff like that. It's why we go down and see her . Slap thanks you 330 for sharing them with all of us here in the Neighborhood, Slap's gonna be keepin those.

Oh BTW, Slap just wants to remind you 330 that you are in good position to win Slap's Mr. Red Tail pic competition, The Best of Mr. Red.... Slap will remind the folks. The best Mr. Red Pic will get displayed at the SSSS booth with da winners name on it. And, the winner receives a GD.com jacket with their name and custom embroidering; The Best of Mr. Red ...Slapptacious. The winner won't be decided till just before da show, so Slap will pin a topic on this competition .

YEEEHHHAAAAWWW, Slap sure hopes Rooster sees this, he's also got a knack for dancin with Mr. Red.

WooHoo, Slap's back!

I was thinking of ya when we took these

A jacket would rock!!

Nice job Mike!

Great shots there Mike, Sometimes Mr Red tail likes to pose.
You bet Slappy I be lurking checking these out. I'll have to get buisy and add to my collection. It sure has made me feel great the past 2 shows seeing one of my favorets photo's in the both for everyone to see. This contest sounds great. It's going to be tuff with all those shots Mike got . Keep an eye open.

Great to see ya Rooster. Yep, Mike330 took some slapptacious shots, but it's a looooong season, and Mr. Red could show up anywhere out on Mother G.

Slap wants to play to, but the last time Slap got close, he flipped Slap the wing, and took off...

Totally awesome pics. peace

Awesome pics Mike.

slappy's TOPs

Just stopped in to see Mr. Red Tail

AWESOME pic's mike thanks for sharing

Thanks alls! Me gots real lucky!!

i like this one

Happy Friday Mr. Red

SAAAAAAAAAWEEEEEEEET PICS MIKE!!!!!!!!

Cya this weekend Mr & Mrs Red!

lucky bastards!

Not a contender, but Slap thought he would throw this one in.

The coolest thing happened yesterday on our last ride before heading home. Rriderr was leading the ride and we spotted a redtail just above a dune. We looped around and he was just hovering there. The wind was really blowing and he was hanging there above the ridge of the dune. I stopped and was sitting just a few feet from him. I could have reached out and touched him. I felt like I was flying with Mr. Redtail. He hung out there for awhile and when we took off duning he followed us over a couple of dunes.

saw mr red tail on fri or sat..swoopin around...pretty darn cool

nice pics btw

DesertDogs and juzbryan found Mr red's nest!!!!
They got to witness Mr and Mrs mating in mid air! They said they'd get together in the air, go at it for a few seconds during a free fall then at the last second brake away and make a return to the sky. Sounded like it was pretty awesome!!

Today I stopped back by Mr and Mrs' home and snapped a few pic's which I will post in a few days. None as good the one's at the top of this topic. But next time watch out!

I can feel the warmth of that Slappy jacket come SSSS!!!!! (praying for it anyway )

BTW: The location of the nest was umm, err, forgotton so don't ask

These are not as good as before but worth a post

The nest:


Chillin' watching us:

I will get more!

These most have really been bad

Few more pic's. Again not as good as the 1st time. Just can't seem to get that lucky

Thinking about 'baiting' them with mice

Mr red was gettin' hassled by this little bird, he was annnnnnoyed!

Awesome pics still Mike. Peace

Hot damn Mike, how da heck do you do it???? Mr. Red must like you. Have you been rendezvouin with him without tellin Slap????? HMMMMM????

Beautimus, downright beautimus...

Me telling you how I do it would be like you trying to tell me how you dune, cause nobody dune like Slappy dune!

Outstanding pictures, you have the patience of an artist.

The Bohica family and Montana Girl family were sitting on top of a dune today and saw some Red Tails flying around. Got counting them and came up with 14 of them. Is was amazing. I wonder how many really live out there. Also found a nest and saw a baby looking out at us