{"id":7227,"date":"2013-01-23T04:27:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T11:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7227"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:58:04","slug":"harlans-hawk-juvenile-with-an-american-coot-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/23\/harlans-hawk-juvenile-with-an-american-coot-graphic\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlan’s Hawk Juvenile With An American Coot (Graphic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harlan’s Hawk juvenile<\/h2>\n

\"Harlan\u2019sHarlan’s Hawk juvenile<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t had many opportunities to photograph the Harlan’s subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani<\/em>) so I was thrilled yesterday when I spotted and pointed out a young dark morph Harlan’s Hawk feeding on a dead American Coot on the bank of a creek at Farmington Bay WMA<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were coot feathers all over the snow and the juvenile Harlan’s didn’t seem bothered by my presence in a mobile blind as it kept feeding on its prey.<\/p>\n

\"Pile\u00a0A pile of feathers and a Harlan’s Hawk<\/span><\/p>\n

This was a real treat for me to see this bird up close, observe its behavior, and to be able to photograph it.<\/p>\n

Harlan’s are an Arctic subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk and typically I see far fewer of them than western Red-tailed Hawks.<\/p>\n

\"Harlan\u2019s Harlan\u2019s Red-tailed Hawk juvenile with an American Coot<\/span><\/p>\n

I was able to get a couple hundred images of this young raptor while it fed on the coot. I had a front row seat to nature that morning.<\/p>\n

\"Harlan\u2019s\u00a0Harlan’s lifting off with prey<\/span><\/p>\n

Then another vehicle that had passed by the pickup backed up to see what I was photographing and that was too much for the Harlan’s comfort so it grasped the coot in its talons…<\/p>\n

\"Juvenile\u00a0Juvenile Harlan’s flying away with an American Coot<\/span><\/p>\n

And flew away to finish its meal in peace. Can’t say as I blame the young hawk one bit.<\/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

*All images were taken with a Nikon D300, f8, ISO’s of between 400 to 500, shutter speeds between 1\/1250 and 1600, +0.3 EV, a Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited, set up or called in. The Harlan’s provided its own meal.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t had many opportunities to photograph the Harlan’s subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk so I was thrilled yesterday when I spotted a juvenile dark morph Harlan’s Hawk feeding on a dead American Coot on the bank of a 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