Red-tailed Hawk at the end of the day.

This hawk taught me a good lesson that day. It was one of those days where I had been driving around and walking and not really finding anything to photograph. I saw a Red-tailed hawk on a fence post as I was heading home and I thought I would give it a try. Of course a soon as it realized I was slowing down it took off(which is standard for southern ontario). I was going to break my gear down when I saw another red-tail further up the road. I drove slowly past it and it didn't fly, so I turned around and tried the beanbag with the 2x on, and it still didn't fly! Unfortunately I was backlit at this time so I switched to the 1.4x and literally drove right by until I had the light right to catch the setting sun on him. I spent about 20 minutes with this hawk as he hunted the grasses along the road edge(he was successful , judging by the blood on the feet and bill, but I missed that action )
The lesson I learned was to keep trying!

10D, 600IS, 1/640 , f8, ISO 200, 1.4x, some PS levels,curves,etc. cropped a small amount off the top for posting here(still hoping for that cover shot! )