{"id":59877,"date":"2019-08-31T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T10:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59877"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:46:06","slug":"photographing-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/31\/photographing-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent 26 minutes yesterday photographing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk siblings and had a blast watching them preen, lift off, flying, scratching, resting and landing. There was one adult nearby keeping an eye on them but I spent most of my time focusing on the young hawks because they were closer and far more active.<\/p>\n

I haven’t seen many hatch year Red-tailed Hawks this year so when I found and pointed out these two yesterday I was more than happy to take photos of them as they went about their morning.<\/p>\n

Please click on the first image to begin a slide show which you can view automatically or you can use your mouse to scroll through the photos.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I picked some of these juvenile Red-tailed Hawk photos because the poses were funny, some because of the action they show and some just because I enjoyed viewing them. I liked the lichen-covered cliffs the young raptors were on, the puffy clouds that were in some photos plus how a few of them included blooming sage. Photographing young Red-tailed Hawks<\/span><\/a> is always a joy and these two raptors didn’t disappoint.<\/p>\n

I photographed the young hawks using my Nikon D500 and Nikkor 500mm VR lens, most were with the 1.4x TC attached, I used ISO settings from 250 to 640 and my aperture settings varied between f6.3 to f10.<\/em><\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> 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<\/div>

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