{"id":31447,"date":"2015-10-31T06:03:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T12:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=31447"},"modified":"2024-02-04T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T16:23:33","slug":"perched-red-shouldered-hawk-adult-at-myakka-river-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/31\/perched-red-shouldered-hawk-adult-at-myakka-river-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Perched Red-shouldered Hawk adult at Myakka River State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PerchedPerched Red-shouldered Hawk adult – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 320, Nikkor 80-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited
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Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk. We were looking for a rare Ruff that had been spotted at the park and though we dipped on that rarity we were all pleased to see this adult Red-shouldered Hawk perched above us on a lichen covered branch. The hawk ignored us for a few minutes and then took off for parts unknown.<\/p>\n

A few days after I took this Red-shouldered Hawk image I went back to Myakka with a friend and fellow bird photographer and we located the Ruff and even though it was too far away to get high quality images we had a great time wandering around the trails through the woods.<\/p>\n

Myakka River State Park<\/span><\/a> is located about 9 miles east of Sarasota and along with the birds that inhabit the park other wildlife including alligators, armadillos, otters, raccoons and wild boars can be seen. The first time I visited the park years and years ago I didn’t have such a great time because I wasn’t with the best of company. Years later when visiting the park on my own and with friends I enjoyed my visits there much more.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. It is even better when you share it with wonderful companions.<\/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":"

Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,3467,882,2179],"tags":[4004,8790,2663,4897,4219,5370,14686,4033,4169,3184,3291,5170,8791,4104,153,4218,3759,8789,4076],"class_list":["post-31447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-myakka-river-state-park","category-red-shouldered-hawks","category-sarasota","tag-adult","tag-air-plants","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-branch","tag-buteo-lineatus","tag-forest","tag-hardwood-forest-swamp","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-florida","tag-lichen","tag-moss","tag-oak-hammock","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-red-shouldered-hawk","tag-spanish-moss","tag-tillandsia","tag-trees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-adult-mia-mcpherson-6408.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-8bd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21053,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/03\/24\/red-shouldered-hawk-at-myakka-river-state-park-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":31447,"position":0},"title":"Red-shouldered Hawk at Myakka River State Park, Florida","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In January of 2009 I went to Myakka River State Park with three of my bird photography friends and the raptor highlight of the day was this Red-shouldered Hawk.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-shouldered Hawk at Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-flight-mia-mcpherson-6533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-flight-mia-mcpherson-6533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-flight-mia-mcpherson-6533.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-flight-mia-mcpherson-6533.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64708,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/02\/19\/adult-red-shouldered-hawk-in-dappled-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":31447,"position":1},"title":"Adult Red-shouldered Hawk In Dappled Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across this adult Red-shouldered Hawk while walking around at John Chesnut Sr. Park in Florida way back in January of 2009.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-shouldered Hawk adult in dappled light, John Chesnut Sr. Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-adult-perched-canopy-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-adult-perched-canopy-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-adult-perched-canopy-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-adult-perched-canopy-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9429,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/12\/red-shouldered-hawk-from-sawgrass-lake-park-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":31447,"position":2},"title":"Red-shouldered Hawk from Sawgrass Lake Park, Florida","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are five recognized subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawks with the Florida Red-shouldered Hawks having the palest heads and plumage. 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