{"id":85359,"date":"2020-05-19T05:26:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=85359"},"modified":"2020-05-19T06:20:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:20:34","slug":"recently-fledged-red-tailed-hawk-learning-his-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/19\/recently-fledged-red-tailed-hawk-learning-his-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently Fledged Red-tailed Hawk Learning His Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some things just aren’t meant to be climbed so soon after leaving the nest.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted several photos of this fledgling and ‘his’ sibling in the past but these two are new to my blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/4000, 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

I’d been following both siblings in the nest for many weeks when I finally found them very recently fledged and on the ground near their nest in late June of 2017. At first they were huddled together in the grass but soon they both began to explore.<\/p>\n

This one was determined to climb this old stump (likely sagebrush) but he was awkward and clumsy and his skill set wasn’t up to the task. According to the time stamps on my photos he spent between five and six minutes, with brief pauses for rest, evaluation and planning, as he tried to get to the top of the stump. During that time I took 248 photos as he struggled with his wings flapping, his tail bouncing up and down and great determination on his face.<\/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

But in the end he failed because he kept falling off before he got to the top. Here he’s about to go ass over teakettle once again.<\/p>\n

Five days later I found both siblings continuing to practice their balancing skills on an old and rusty pipe fence. That performance was dubbed\u00a0 “The Pipe Dance<\/a><\/span><\/span>” by myself and others.<\/p>\n

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If our damned wind and rotten weather ever stops or even diminishes I hope to get back to this area in the next few days to check on another pair of nesting red-tails whose eggs should hatch fairly soon.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to follow the development of those youngsters after they’ve fledged. I’d love a repeat performance.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Some things just aren’t meant to be climbed so soon after leaving the nest.<\/p>\n

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