{"id":6053,"date":"2012-09-05T05:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:11:18","slug":"juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-in-landing-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/05\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-in-landing-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk In Landing Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-165920 size-full\" title=\"Landing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237.jpg\" alt=\"Landing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"649\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"11151\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27649%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20649%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27649%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237-200x247.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237-400x493.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237-600x740.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-mia-mcpherson-4237.jpg 649w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Landing juvenile Red-tailed Hawk &#8211; Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had fun yesterday photographing this juvenile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Red-tailed_Hawk\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> (<em>Buteo jamaicensis<\/em>) as it\u00a0perched on rocks and hunted for prey. 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