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The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
The juvenile red-shouldered hawk spent some time calling and getting calls in return before taking off in the direction of the calls
Pond Sliders, Trachemys scripta. Big one is subspecies elegans, not sure about the muddy one on top. Experimenting with film simulations, this is Classic Chrome, “soft color and enhanced shadow contrast for a calm look.” Independent test shows this sim gives (marginally) the sharpest images. Really understates the characteristic red “ear”, on elegans, though.
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Explore Earth Day Takeover 24 April 2024 no356, with “Alaska”
Black-shouldered Kite, Whistling Kite
The Black-shouldered Kite had scored a mouse and a Whistling Kite pursued it across the sky. In the end, the litte Kite was exhausted and dropped the prize.
The Whistling Kite scooped it up in a split second.
Red-shouldered hawk Everglades National Park USA.
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Juvenile Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris), central Victoria, Australia.
I have been hoping to capture an image of this raptor with the bird at near eye-level and a background which wasn't blue sky for some time, and the opportunity finally arose last week.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get too close to the bird, and there was a bit of heat haze which affected the image, but thankfully these things didn't detract from the image too much.
The last time we were at Loxahatchee, we encountered no less than 5 red shouldered hawks. 4 of them appeared paired off...
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
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This is the female of a pair, she has just taken the mouse from the hunting male and is flying it to feed her young.
She is not preparing it beforehand so its fair to conclude the young are well advanced, but not yet ready to fledge
Found this hawk on the golf course last winter, we saw it fly down to the grass and it stayed while we drove up to the green and I was able to get a few images. Not always this co-operative.
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
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Now that their young are nearly able to feed for themselves, it's time for a new nest and a new clutch.
Mike gets straight to work.
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
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When you grab a claw full of tail feathers it does give you some control of the action.
This guy is very well-known at Airlie Gardens where I do a lot of photography. He is very used to people and seems to enjoy their presence. Whenever he took off from a perch or the ground, he always flew right by me, giving me a shot at a close-up!
Black-shouldered Kite, Black Falcon
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Usually the Black Flacons are harassing the Black-shouldered Kites to relieve them of their meal.
This Black-shouldered Kite was having none of the Falcon in its territory.
Black Falcons are a rare summer visitor to the Western Treatment Plant.
The take-off, lucky shot. Flying directly toward me.
Near the Grand River below the dam. No eagles flying today.
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
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Madeline and Mike's most recent fledglings.
Trying to get all three young kites to look in the same direction at the same time, is right up there on the scale of difficultly with herding cats
Red-shouldered Hawk was calling out to it's mate, beautiful coloring on this bird. Thanks for looking.
I glanced out my front door and spotted this hawk perched in a tree watching over my bird feeders. I had my camera close by but the hawk was keenly aware and took off within seconds of me opening the door.
To identify this hawk, I looked at the shoulder, wing and tail tip.
I'm tentative about my hawk identifications, if wrong please feel free to correct me. Cheers!
Wikipedia: The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. It is a permanent resident throughout most of its range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation. An eastern population ranges west through southern Canada from southern New Brunswick and Ontario to the eastern edge of the U.S. Great Plains, south to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and eastern Mexico. Only northernmost populations are migratory. A western population breeds west of the Sierra Nevada from northern California to northern Baja California, and has recently expanded into Oregon and Arizona, and east of the Sierra Nevada in California and southern Nevada.
Eastern populations winter from southern Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Ohio, and southern New England south to the Gulf Coast, occasionally throughout breeding range. In winter, they are reported south to Jalisco and Veracruz, Mexico. Western populations are largely nonmigratory. Throughout its winter range, this species avoids higher elevations.
Conservation status: Least Concern
I was trying for shots of frozen soap bubbles, I was in the middle of editing the size of an image when I saw this sculpture of an angry, shouting Jack Frost, produced by the current cold weather on some shrubbery.
Jack is approx 3/4 inch high and wide.
Macro Mondays, theme # Pareidolia
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris
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With the high competition among the number of young kites in the paddock, rather than risk landing on a post and losing its catch, several of the young began to eat them on the wing.
They would spiral up to a great height and then slowly glide on full wings consuming the mouse as they lazily difted down
Pole Farm NJ
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