{"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_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":[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":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-4232-flight.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1JQ","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":6686,"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":6208,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/30\/red-tailed-hawk-delight\/","url_meta":{"origin":6686,"position":1},"title":"Red-tailed Hawk Delight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I had another great day with juvenile Red-tailed Hawks on Antelope Island State Park last week.","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":"Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk slowing down prior to landing, 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-mia-mcpherson-7546.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-mia-mcpherson-7546.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-7546.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-mia-mcpherson-7546.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":6686,"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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