{"id":48047,"date":"2017-08-09T04:33:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T10:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=48047"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:09:41","slug":"juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-giving-me-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/08\/09\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-giving-me-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Giving Me the Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk juvenile giving me the Eye- Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of you may have noticed that my site was down for over five hours yesterday, it was caused by a hardware failure on my server and then a problem with the database that makes my site run.<\/p>\n

I was simply taking a break and enjoying my lunch when the failure happened and then I spent hours trying to get things fixed. I still have things I need to fix on the server so I am keeping this short and sweet.<\/p>\n

Any plans I had for the day flew out the window and to say that my feathers were ruffled yesterday afternoon is putting it mildly.<\/p>\n

This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> may have looked like it was giving me the eye when I photographed it but it was actually looking for one of its parents to bring it some food.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Complicated at times but still good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk may have looked like it was giving me the eye when I photographed it but it was actually looking for one of its parents to bring it some food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146197,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1148,449,26],"tags":[2653,4170,4142,4098,5767,4033,4169,2386,4067,4071,4104,4046,11852,153,5414,4209,2315,4193],"class_list":["post-48047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","tag-bird-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-close-up","tag-desert","tag-eye","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-perched","tag-portrait","tag-ranchlands","tag-raptors","tag-red-tail","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-summer-3","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-survivor-mia-mcpherson-8155.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-cuX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53123,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/07\/17\/sibling-red-tailed-hawk-juveniles-perched-on-the-wing\/","url_meta":{"origin":48047,"position":0},"title":"Sibling Red-tailed Hawk Juveniles Perched & On The Wing","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in March of this year I started watching and photographing a pair of Red-tailed Hawks in the process of building their nest on the face of a high cliff, these two juveniles are the results of the hard work of that pair of hawks.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-tailed Hawk juvenile in flight at eye level, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-flight-mia-mcpherson-4853.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-flight-mia-mcpherson-4853.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-flight-mia-mcpherson-4853.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-flight-mia-mcpherson-4853.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47569,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/07\/05\/photographing-a-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk\/","url_meta":{"origin":48047,"position":1},"title":"Photographing A Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – Remembering To Breathe And Relax","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I needed time out with the birds yesterday and this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk helped me to relax, breathe and remember that things have a way of working out.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wet and bedraggled Red-tailed Hawk juvenile, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-wet-mia-mcpherson-8564.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-wet-mia-mcpherson-8564.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-wet-mia-mcpherson-8564.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-wet-mia-mcpherson-8564.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6053,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/05\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-in-landing-pose\/","url_meta":{"origin":48047,"position":2},"title":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk In Landing Pose","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I had fun yesterday photographing this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) as it perched on rocks and hunted for prey. 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