{"id":75372,"date":"2019-09-04T04:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=75372"},"modified":"2019-09-04T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:28:12","slug":"juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-mystery-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/04\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-mystery-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – Mystery Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

The behavior isn’t a mystery to me but it will have to remain so to my readers until tomorrow. I’ll explain why.<\/p>\n

It isn’t my style to be coy or evasive about anything but today I have no reasonable choice. It was my intention this morning to fully document a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk behavior I photographed a few days ago but in preparing the post I realized that it was going to take about 15 photos to document adequately. As I began to process the images it slowly became apparent that it was going to take more time than I had allotted to process that many images and write the text.<\/p>\n

So today you just get a preview image. And a bit of a mystery.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 800, 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

At first glance it might appear that this is nothing more than a raptor landing on or jumping to a rock. But the unusual leg posture and asymmetrical wing positions might suggest there’s more to the story. And there is. It wouldn’t take me 15 photos to document something as simple as that. Or perhaps it’s about to snatch prey with its talons. There are many possibilities, you may think of one or more of your own.<\/p>\n

I picked this photo out of the rest to post today because I think it’s interesting enough to act as a standalone. I actually like it a lot, only in part because this may be the best view of the underside of a fully deployed alula<\/a> (winglet) I’ve ever seen .<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of tomorrow’s post I’ll use my best Paul Harvey<\/a> voice and say “And now you know the rest of the story”. But for now a mystery it will have to remain.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: I was never a fan of the politics of Paul Harvey, far from it. When I learned that he often sent advance copies of his radio script to J. Edgar Hoover for review and approval that sealed the deal. But he was a staple on American radio for over 50 years and growing up in conservative Montana farm country his distinctive baritone voice, catch phrases and emphatic style were a significant part of my life (and the lives of countless millions of Americans). I loved his voice and delivery but as I became older and a little more sophisticated in my world view I often squirmed at his point of view, even as a teenager. <\/em><\/p>\n

As an adult it just made me angry so I no longer listened to him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The behavior isn’t a mystery to me but it will have to remain so to my readers until tomorrow. I’ll explain why.<\/p>\n

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