2012 REDTAILED HAWK FAMILY
These are not technically good and crisp images as I am aiming at a small target thorugh the trees at the farthest reach of my 100-400mm lens...but nevertheless, they make for some wonderful springtime memories!
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest. The two chicks seem to be having a conversation here
A nice view of both the chicks as they sun themselves on the nest with mom May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
Watching mom as she flys away May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
PHOTO 4 OF SERIES OF 4 - CROW ATTACKING OUR REDTAILED HAWK PARENT The sky is very glary today but made for dramatic black and white silhouettes The crows have been relentlessly ganging up on the hawks and their nest and literally wearing the parents out. I can't believe how brazen the crows are and how the hawks rarely attack them other then to chase them off and screech at the top of their lungs to chase them from the babies.
May 25, 2012 - CHICKS WAITING FOR MOM AND DAD AND FOOD!
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest All three are in this shot..blurry but always a thrill to see them together
What I wouldn't give for these photos to be crystal clear!!!!! What a cute shot of the 3 of them May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
May 26 2012 ONe of the parents returning to the nest which is just below the frame
May 25, 2012
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest Mom watches as one of hthe daredevils walks the edge of the nest
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
PHOTO 1 OF SERIES OF 4 - CROW ATTACKING OUR REDTAILED HAWK PARENT The sky is very glary today but made for dramatic black and white silhouettes The crows have been relentlessly ganging up on the hawks and their nest and literally wearing the parents out. I can't believe how brazen the crows are and how the hawks rarely attack them other then to chase them off and screech at the top of their lungs to chase them from the babies.
May 26 2012 ONe of the parents returning to the nest which is just below the frame
May 25, 2012
May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest "Geeze..it's a long way down there!
The chicks erupt with beating of wings together!! Its quite the sight to see through the lens May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
PHOTO 2 OF SERIES OF 4 - CROW ATTACKING OUR REDTAILED HAWK PARENT The sky is very glary today but made for dramatic black and white silhouettes The crows have been relentlessly ganging up on the hawks and their nest and literally wearing the parents out. I can't believe how brazen the crows are and how the hawks rarely attack them other then to chase them off and screech at the top of their lungs to chase them from the babies.
May 26,2012 Mother tearing apart rodent for baby to eat. You can see the baby's white head right under moms
May 25, 2012 A SERIES OF PHOTOS OF ONE OF THE CHICKS EXERCISING HIS WINGS ON TH VERY EDGE OF THE NEST
I now can actually see the babies from the ground....barely. The nest is getting fuller by the day May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
Another.."I wish these were not blurry" shot. I lvoe this of the 2 chicks. Mom had just flown off the nest and were watching where she went. May 29, 2012 Redtailed hawk chicks with their mother on the nest
PHOTO 3 OF SERIES OF 4 - CROW ATTACKING OUR REDTAILED HAWK PARENT The sky is very glary today but made for dramatic black and white silhouettes The crows have been relentlessly ganging up on the hawks and their nest and literally wearing the parents out. I can't believe how brazen the crows are and how the hawks rarely attack them other then to chase them off and screech at the top of their lungs to chase them from the babies.
May 25, 2012 - I SPOTTED A SECOND CHICK SITTING BY THE BRAVE ONE...YAY!!
Sandra Miller
on May 29, 2012Thank you so much Kathe!!! I am going to see if I can get these not so sharp photos to work in print. They are cropped so severely and taken so far away I'm afraid the quality might end up terrible..but I'll try a few separate prints first to see what happens!!!
kathleen
on May 24, 2012forgot the stars!!!!
kathleen
on May 24, 2012Sandy, this is just spectacular! these professional photos are a must for a book you absolutely have to write on this redtail family. I would have loved to have a book of progression from roosting to fledging of babies to look at when i was watching birds of prey. do it!!!