{"id":41471,"date":"2016-08-14T05:44:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T11:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=41471"},"modified":"2016-08-14T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T13:16:07","slug":"juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-hunting-near-frary-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/14\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-hunting-near-frary-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Hunting Near Frary Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red-tailed Hawks in a wild setting are among my favorite subjects.<\/p>\n

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A few\u00a0years ago a couple of juvenile Red-tailed Hawks hung out near Frary Peak on Antelope Island for several weeks. I suspect they were siblings and one of them was quite cooperative for days on end. It preferred to hunt voles from the rocks near the road and\u00a0became quite acclimated to traffic so I had multiple opportunities with it, though the other bird was much more skittish.<\/p>\n

Here the young hawk is scanning the grasses below its craggy perch for prey. I like the tense pose and the natural setting even though a couple of unruly feathers on the top of the bird’s head rob it of some of its dignity.<\/p>\n

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Here the hawk has launched after prey. The intended victim was very close to the base of the rocks the hawk had been perched on so its gliding\u00a0flight\u00a0path was steep – thus the fanned tail. I was pleased to keep focus on the hawk for several shots with the background so close to the bird. Perhaps the\u00a0hawk doesn’t stand out very well against the similarly colored rocks but that’s actually part of the reason I like the image – it demonstrates the effectiveness of cryptic coloration.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM + 1.4 tc,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time the hawk missed the prey so it returned to another nearby rocky perch and started all over again.<\/p>\n

For the last few years Red-tailed Hawks have been uncommon on the island so I often think of these two birds when I drive by the Frary Peak area. I hope both birds survived to mature and breed.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Red-tailed Hawks in a wild setting are among my favorite subjects.<\/p>\n

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