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Amazing shot!       One of the best I've seen posted here.  Can you give us some details about how you shot it?

Thanks!

Thank you very much. The details are.... just pure blessing from God. I can't tell you the camera settings because my external hard drive is packed for a move. I was in Montana shooting Bison and saw a Harrier Hawk about 200 yds in the distance. While I was hoping for it to come closer this Pheasant got spooked up in front of me. My 7d was in high speed shooting mode and I just threw the camera up to my eye, caught a glimpse of the pheasant and mashed the shutter button and swiveled from the waist. The camera fired 7 or 8 times. This all happened in about a second of time and was over. I got about 2 or 3 usable photographs out of the 8.  My usual mode for shooting BIF is AV with  ISO of 400 ( hopefully) which, with any luck gives me 1/2000 of a second shutter and 5.6 to 8 aperture. I control the shutter speed with the ISO settings. I shoot a Canon 7D and a 100-400L 4-5.6 zoom. That lens is on my camera 95% of the time.

Blessing indeed.  To get one of those, you need to do everything right and get lucky.   Well done.

Wow this is beautiful.  What kind of bird is it?  A real WOW shot!

Hi Judy, I believe that it is a female Ring Necked Pheasant. The males have a bright red head.

Well it is a real beauty!

I've read that the 7D is fantastic for shooting BIF!  You sure affirmed that!