{"id":89211,"date":"2020-09-04T05:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=89211"},"modified":"2020-09-04T06:40:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:40:46","slug":"swainsons-hawks-a-food-exchange-that-didnt-go-as-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/04\/swainsons-hawks-a-food-exchange-that-didnt-go-as-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawks – A Food Exchange That Didn’t Go As Planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But you certainly have to give them credit for their creative approach to the transfer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Occasionally I rerun a favorite older post. I published this one five years ago and until last night I hadn’t seen it since then but I enjoyed the playback so I thought others might also. For this version I’ve rewritten much of the text, tweaked the formatting, changed the title and removed an addendum that didn’t seem appropriate for this repost.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34333\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877764","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 0904 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34333 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 0904 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0904-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is one of two young Swainson’s Hawks I photographed in late summer of 2015 near Monida, Montana. Both siblings could fly but they weren’t yet hunting on their own so they would wait on a variety of nearby perches for their parents to bring them voles. The wait was often a long one so in the interim this youngster felt the need for a wing stretch.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877784","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 0965 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34334 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 0965 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0965-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It stretched twice without completely folding its wings in-between and toward the end of the second stretch it spotted a parent coming in with a vole while it was still far across the valley. This is their typical reaction to food – screaming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The other sibling had an apparent broken upper leg and it was perched some distance away but it typically only took a few moments for both of them to fly in and compete for the meal so the reaction of both young birds to food could be pretty intense. The injured bird could still fly and compete for food.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877824","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 0992 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34335 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 0992 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-0992-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the parent bringing in the vole. When I crop tightly on the vole I can see a catch light in both of its eyes so I’m pretty sure it was still alive at this point.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"780,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877825","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1001 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley-260x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34336 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1001 ron dudley\" width=\"780\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley-130x150.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1001-ron-dudley-400x462.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The adult passed the juvenile on the fence post and landed with the vole on the next post to my right where it…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,659\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877826","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1003 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley-300x220.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34337 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1003 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1003-ron-dudley-400x293.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">immediately killed the vole with a bite to the back of the neck.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34338\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877829","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1027 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley-300x222.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34338 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1027 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1027-ron-dudley-400x296.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At this point the youngster on the post behind the adult was already in flight to come in and claim the vole.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441843200","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1028b ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34339 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1028b ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1028b-ron-dudley-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Knowing that the juveniles were still awkward and clumsy in flight (and landing) the adult pinned the vole to the top of the post for as long as possible…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,645\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877829","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1029 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley-300x215.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34340 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1029 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1029-ron-dudley-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">before taking off at the last second and leaving the vole behind. As the juvenile landed it made an attempt at snagging the vole with one of its talons but…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34341\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877829","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1031 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley-300x235.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34341 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1031 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley-400x314.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">instead it knocked the vole off the post so it fell to the ground.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,694\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877829","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1032 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley-300x231.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34342 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1032 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1032-ron-dudley-400x308.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The young bird knew exactly where it landed…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/28\/juvenile-and-adult-swainsons-hawks-a-feeding-session\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1441877830","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"swainson’s hawk 1037 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley-300x213.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34343 size-full\" title=\"swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"swainson's hawk 1037 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1037-ron-dudley-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">and\u00a0dived straight down to retrieve it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At this point I lost focus on the juvenile in the tall grasses at the base of the post but it was obvious that it enjoyed the meal. I deleted all images after this one and I can’t remember if the injured youngster came in to compete for this vole or not.<\/p>\n<p>Readers should know that I attempted to capture the injured hawk with the intention of taking it to rehab in Bozeman but it was very capable of flight and it refused to allow me a close approach.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><em>Note: To be honest I’m unsure if the prey was a vole or a mouse. It had a short tail like a vole but a light belly like a mouse.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But you certainly have to give them credit for their creative approach to the transfer.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/04\/swainsons-hawks-a-food-exchange-that-didnt-go-as-planned\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[334,392,1493,645],"tags":[24,647,5326,190,2049,220,256,1396,646,315],"class_list":["post-89211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-feeding-bird-behaviors","category-montana-favorite-locations","category-swainsons-hawks","tag-adult","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-food-transfer","tag-juvenile","tag-monida","tag-montana-2","tag-prey","tag-siblings","tag-swainsons-hawk","tag-vole"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/swainsons-hawk-1031-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-ncT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}