{"id":51945,"date":"2017-09-24T06:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T12:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=51945"},"modified":"2017-09-24T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T12:02:49","slug":"the-most-adventuresome-of-the-red-tailed-hawk-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/24\/the-most-adventuresome-of-the-red-tailed-hawk-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Adventuresome Of The Red-tailed Hawk Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The varying personalities of these two siblings seemed quite evident.<\/p>\n

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I photographed them this past June 30th very soon after they had fledged so they were both exploring and testing their skills on the ground perhaps 100 yards or so away from their cliff nest. They could and did fly but they were still awkward and clumsy about it – especially during landings.<\/p>\n

Their personalities seemed quite different. The bird on the left appeared to be shy and somewhat withdrawn and definitely less adventuresome than its sibling. The fledgling on the right was quicker to fly and explore and seemed more curious. Perhaps that difference was attributable to a slight difference in age.<\/p>\n

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This old snag seemed to be a favorite “practice perch” for the more adventuresome of the two\u00a0siblings because it attempted to balance on it several times (I’ve posted different photos of it doing the same thing). Just standing on the perch was challenging for the young bird but if it attempted to adjust its position by moving a foot…<\/p>\n

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it usually lost its balance and either barely recovered or actually fell off. Here it had tried to move its left foot to a different spot on the branch…<\/p>\n

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lost its balance once again and had to use its wings…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

to stay up there long enough to regain its balance. When it did fall off it sometimes\u00a0walked up the perch and tried again. I don’t recall that it ever actually landed on the branch at the end of a flight – such a feat would have been beyond its skill level at this\u00a0tender age.<\/p>\n

Maintaining balance on a slender\u00a0branch like this snag is an\u00a0essential skill\u00a0for a sit-and-wait predator that hunts primarily from perches so I was quite impressed by how determined\u00a0this youngster was to get it right.<\/p>\n

To coin a phrase, practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The varying personalities of these two siblings seemed quite evident.<\/p>\n

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