{"id":150378,"date":"2025-07-14T03:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=150378"},"modified":"2025-07-14T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:16:38","slug":"fluffed-up-adult-red-shouldered-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/07\/14\/fluffed-up-adult-red-shouldered-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluffed Up Adult Red-shouldered Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was more than delighted to have a fluffed-up adult Red-shouldered Hawk in my viewfinder last week while I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"FluffedFluffed up adult Red-shouldered Hawk in a bottomland hardwood forest \u2013 Canon R7, beanbag, f8, 1\/800, ISO 1250, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I always think of Red-shouldered Hawks as forest hawks because that\u2019s typically where I find them, whether I\u2019m in Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, or anywhere else in their range. If they needed another common name, that is what I would call them. Forest Hawks.<\/p>\n

I see adult Red-shouldered Hawks at the refuge regularly, but usually they\u2019re too far away or too skittish. Now, because I know this buteo species well, I\u2019m confident that if I could find young Red-shouldered Hawks, I could get closer to them than I can to the adults.<\/p>\n

Why do I say that? Because I\u2019ve had young Red-shouldered Hawks fly just over my head, close enough to feel the wind from their wings. I\u2019ve also had them land so near that I could have reached out and touched them.<\/p>\n

The young of this species strike me as fearless. Some might say I\u2019m anthropomorphizing when I use that description, but based on my experiences, fearless is the word that fits.<\/p>\n

Oh, and young Red-shouldered Hawks are very, very vocal. I’d know exactly where they are just by following their calls.<\/p>\n

This adult Red-shouldered Hawk<\/span><\/a> roused their feathers, allowed me to take a few photos, then promptly took flight to the other side of this massive tree. By tucking themselves away, I couldn\u2019t take any more photos of this woodland bird.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful that I had him or her in my viewfinder for as long as I did. What a gift.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Red-shouldered Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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