{"id":116661,"date":"2022-08-16T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T11:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116661"},"modified":"2022-08-16T05:59:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T11:59:28","slug":"swainsons-hawks-a-photo-to-gladden-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/16\/swainsons-hawks-a-photo-to-gladden-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawks – A Photo To Gladden The Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost the whole fam damily.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning in a remote area of northern Utah I saw more juvenile Red-tailed Hawks than I’d ever seen before in such a small area in such a short time. So when I spotted four hawks clustered together on top of a rusty old pipe I just assumed they were more red-tails. They weren’t close, they were mostly back-lit and I was more concerned about getting a few documentary shots before one or more of them took off than I was about ID.<\/p>\n

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1\/640, f\/10, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

It wasn’t until I looked at my photos at home that I realized that they were most of a family of Swainson’s Hawks, an adult on the left and three youngsters. I’m pretty sure I saw the other parent in flight nearby.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have enough depth of field to get them all sharp and I had a devil of a time timing a shot where I had light on the face of all four birds (the adult kept staring directly at the kids which didn’t help). A few seconds after this photo was taken the adult took off to join its presumed mate who was soaring nearby. That’s a mountain in the background, not sky.<\/p>\n

I was simply delighted to see that the adults had successfully raised three youngsters past fledging. I’ve been visiting this area all summer and even though I’ve seen a fair number of Swainson’s Hawks around, I’ve seen little evidence of nesting – noticeably less than I usually do.<\/p>\n

In about a month these youngsters, who are still dependent on their parents, will have to begin their extremely rigorous 6,000 mile journey to their wintering grounds in South America so they have a lot of maturing to do, quickly. I wish them heartfelt good luck.<\/p>\n

But I had to share their success so far in the journey of life.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Almost the whole fam damily.<\/p>\n

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