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\"ImmatureImmature Red-tailed Hawk – Lift off with a full wing spread – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I had another great day with immature Red-tailed Hawks on Antelope Island State Park last week. This post is a continuation of More Raptor Rapture<\/a> because it involves the same area that I photographed the previous young hawks.<\/p>\n

At first this hawk was high up on some of the dark rocks from the area but it took off after prey to the south, missed the prey, and then landed on a sign. In this image the hawk had just lifted off.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed juvenile fly by – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Two frames later the juvie flew by, I really like this flight pose because it shows the underside of one wing and the upper side of the other.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Red-tailed Hawk slowing down prior to landing – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 264mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I spotted a second juvenile high up on a rock outcropping though not long after getting set up to photograph it the bird flew down the slope after prey but it also missed it. I’d hoped that the bird would fly back to the outcropping and it did.<\/p>\n

I loved how the bird seemed to apply “air brakes” as it came close to the rock, I could literally see its secondaries lift up like flaps on an airplanes wings.<\/p>\n

\"PortraitPortrait of a young Red-tailed – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +03 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I have wanted to get images of the darker juvenile Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> and I finally did, it was super that it posed on the rock for this portrait shot.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping these Red-tailed Hawks continue to stick around the area, they are loads of fun to photograph.<\/p>\n

Life is 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":"

I had another great day with juvenile Red-tailed Hawks on Antelope Island State Park last week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165995,"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":[511,27,1022,449,26],"tags":[970,2663,4170,11978,4620,4033,4169,2386,4067,4071,153,5201,4209,1949],"class_list":["post-6208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-raptors","tag-red-tail-hawk","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-western-red-tailed-hawk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7546.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1C8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6705,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/04\/photographing-red-tailed-hawk-juvies-on-the-wing\/","url_meta":{"origin":6208,"position":0},"title":"Photographing Red-tailed Hawk Juveniles On The Wing","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"These are a just few images that I have edited taken since August of Red-tailed Hawk juveniles on Antelope Island State Park.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-tailed juvenile landing on a rock outcropping, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-landing-mia-mcpherson-9128.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-landing-mia-mcpherson-9128.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-landing-mia-mcpherson-9128.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-landing-mia-mcpherson-9128.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9605,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/27\/red-tailed-hawk-juveniles-on-the-wing\/","url_meta":{"origin":6208,"position":1},"title":"Red-tailed Hawk Juveniles On The Wing","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the Red-tailed Hawk juveniles I photographed on Antelope Island last year has \"migrated\" to Switzerland where my photo of it will be featured on a 5 x 15 meter billboard for a yacht company.","rel":"","context":"In "Antelope Island State Park"","block_context":{"text":"Antelope Island State Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/antelope-island-state-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-tailed Hawk juvenile flying on an autumn day, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7507.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7507.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7507.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7507.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6085,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/09\/more-raptor-rapture-red-tailed-hawk-juvenile\/","url_meta":{"origin":6208,"position":2},"title":"More Raptor Rapture – Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"These juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) images were taken on two consecutive days last week. 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