{"id":6686,"date":"2012-12-01T04:38:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:17:13","slug":"juvenile-red-tailed-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/01\/juvenile-red-tailed-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk juvenile at the moment of lift off – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the nice things about cruddy weather is that I get the chance to edit some of the images that are languishing in my files that I have taken but not gotten around to processing. Here are a few of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk photographed in August on Antelope Island State Park.<\/p>\n

I caught the juvenile Red-tailed with its feet still on the perch and its wings lifting.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk the moment after lifting off – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the next frame, the young hawk has left the perch and its wings are in a fully raised position.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk juvenile flying between rock faces – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 357mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d like this image a whole lot better if the hawk had been a little higher so the out of focus rock and foreground vegetation weren’t in front of the left wing and tail of the Red-tailed.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Red-tailed Hawk about to land – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a “kick my own butt” shot because it is such a\u00a0dynamic landing pose and I messed up by clipping the top of the wings. If only I had pulled my zoom back a bit or raised my lens a little. My bottom was sore for days.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Red-tailed gliding by – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I think I was able to take about 20 images of the juvenile as it slowly glided by towards prey on the ground.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk juvenile perched on Farmington complex rocks of Antelope Island SP – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I like how regal the young Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> looks in this frame.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the nice things about cruddy weather is that I get the chance to edit some of the images that are languishing in my files that I have taken but not gotten around to processing. Here are a few of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk photographed in August on Antelope Island State Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,1022,449,26],"tags":[2663,4170,11978,4052,4122,1991,4169,2386,4067,4071,4123,4282,153,4209,2315,4193],"class_list":["post-6686","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-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-desert-island","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-gliding","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-landing","tag-lift-off","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-summer-3","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t