{"id":98924,"date":"2021-06-04T05:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=98924"},"modified":"2021-06-04T06:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:17:07","slug":"a-much-better-look-at-one-of-the-red-tailed-hawk-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/a-much-better-look-at-one-of-the-red-tailed-hawk-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Much Better Look At One Of The Red-tailed Hawk Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

And a food exchange between their parents.<\/p>\n

Note: These photos were taken a week ago today. It was very soon after sunrise and it was cloudy so the light was low and it shows in some of these images. I had many opportunities for flight shots but in those conditions they didn’t turn out well so I’m not including any of them in today’s post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Five days ago I posted a photo of three of the chicks in this nest<\/a><\/span><\/span> but we could only see their heads poking up out of the bowl of the nest so I thought readers might appreciate a much better look at one of the chicks. This was the only time any of the chicks came to the perimeter of the nest and gave me a good look while I was there. I thought it was going to poop over the edge of the nest but it didn’t.<\/p>\n

The adults delivered two voles to the chicks while I was there so perhaps this one was looking for another food delivery.<\/p>\n

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This is the female parent on one of the favorite perches of both adults. This tree is below and to the right of the nest. While the female was perched here the male of the pair….<\/p>\n

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landed on the hillside to the left of the nest with a vole in his talons. Here he’s turning on the perch soon after landing. He’s carrying the vole with his left foot but here it’s hard to see.<\/p>\n

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A tighter crop of the same image gives us a little better look at the vole.<\/p>\n

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The vole was intended for the chicks in the nest so when he took off with it I presumed that’s where he was going so I focused on the nest with my lens and waited for him to arrive.<\/p>\n

But he fooled me…<\/p>\n

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by landing next to the female in the tree instead. Here the male on the left is handing the vole over to his mate. Soon after this photo was taken the male took off to the right, presumably to go hunting again.<\/p>\n

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At first the female had the vole in her talons but soon she transferred it to her beak and then took off to deliver it to the chicks in the nest.<\/p>\n

With Red-tailed Hawks both parents hunt and bring prey to the nest but only the female actually feeds the chicks so that explains why the male delivered the vole to the female in the tree instead of taking it directly to the chicks and feeding them himself.<\/p>\n

I love documenting established bird behaviors.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS: If you’re interested in bird behaviors you might want to read my reply to the comment Shoreacres made in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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And a food exchange between their parents.<\/p>\n

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