There were actually a few hawks kettling, as it’s called when they fly in circles and loops looking for prey; the rest of them were a bit too far away to get clear shots, but this one came close enough that all I ended up doing for this post was cropping out the extra blue sky so it would show up larger here. That red tail is nicely backlit by the sun, isn’t it? Hawks look amazing flying around.

January 5, 2019. Cropped from a larger image. Nikon D7100 (DX sensor), Tamron 100–400mm lens at 300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm), f/6, 1/2,000, ISO 400.