This Red-tailed Hawk has been in the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area most of the winter, and so far this spring. Or, also likely, there could be several of them in the area. I have also seen it or others on the road where we live. Anyway, I can never get enough of these beautiful creatures!

Once again, a lens 'not compatible' with the D850 was used, a Nikkor 500mm f/8 Reflex-NIKKOR-C mirror lens. One characteristic of mirror lenses is a lack of contrast in the image. So I had to work to get more contrast in the image. But for an older, all manual lens, I thought the lens did well, in spite of having to set exposure and focus manually. And my tired old eyes didn't do bad either. I was going to sell the lens, but to have a 500mm reach is such a short, light lens was a treat, and it was a lot of fun to use. I think of it as a keeper now, even though it doesn't have the sharpness of our recent Nikon lenses.