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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), 3rd August 2024
es: Busardo Colirrojo, fr: Buse à Queue Rousse
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, Massachusetts
Agawam, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett) & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 560mm, 45% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 250
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When I opened the front door this morning, a handsome red-tailed hawk was perched on my car!

Call of the wild!
(Better with sound ON.)

Watcher of the Woods

Here’s a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) I spotted some time ago while Charlie and I were out walking. I captured the image from quite a distance using my walkaround setup—a Canon 6D Mark II paired with a 100–400mm lens and a 1.4x extender, giving me an effective focal length of 560mm. The hawk was likely 100 meters away, maybe more, but even at that range, its presence was unmistakable.

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Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, October 2023
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Red-tailed Hawk preying on a Gray Squirrel, observed at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, yesterday.

There is a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks with two fledged chicks on one of the dorm buildings. As I was leaving, this adult soared low over a lawn and up into a nearby tree, pursued by some Blue Jays. A large Eastern Gray Squirrel decided to join in with the Blue Jays, and got way too cocky. The hawk grabbed the squirrel.

The Jays eventually left off and the hawk began feeding on its prey. However, the squirrel was too large for the Red-tailed to take flight, so s/he glided down to a lawn area and continued to feed, while the partner and the offspring called and then perched nearby.

The young hawk trio recently fledged from the nest I've posted some pictures of in the past few months. I love the silly twisty neck lol

This summer we’ve had a family of red-tailed hawk nesting in one of our pine trees - two parents and two chicks (which we learned are called eyasses). Last week one of the chicks was learning how to fly by jumping from one side of our deck to the other…..plus learning to walk (a bit like watching a drunk 80 year-old). Today three of them were hanging out together in another tree.

This could have been really bad. Mass movement of Canadian Geese in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, Novemeber 2023 #birdphotography #hawk #redtailed #redtailedhawk #DonEdwards #naturephotography #naturebeauty #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #DonEdwards

getting mad dogged by a Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in the Don Edwards WIldlife Refuge, San Francisco Bay, October 2023 #birdphotography #hawk #redtailed #redtailedhawk #DonEdwards #naturephotography #naturebeauty #Nikon #Z9 #bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #DonEdwards

Raptor’s Vigil

Charlie and I took a new route for this morning’s walk. My planned path was blocked, so we pivoted north instead of south. Near the turnaround point, I spotted two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), each perched in a different tree to the southeast. Unfortunately, getting closer wasn’t an option—some areas were fenced off, while others were thick with tall brush. Wearing shorts, I wasn’t about to wade through grass and foliage.

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