Red Tail Hawk with Young one

All C&C appreciated

Up date April 30th- looks like only two young hawks this year. I thought this one was kinda cute.
I'm not really sure but i think they are about 2 weeks old, they are starting to loose some of the downy and grow in some real feathers.

Heh, very cool shot of these guys!

Love seeing young birds, especially hawks! Nice capture.

Grimm75 wrote in post #10104493
Heh, very cool shot of these guys!

Thanks Jon, this is the first year for me spotting baby red tails

ajosteve wrote in post #10104522
Love seeing young birds, especially hawks! Nice capture.

Thanks Steve, i can hardly wait till they learn to fly

Yep, that one is kinda cute. Great shot.

What a lovely sight! Great capture, Keith.

Nice shot and what a great find. Keep us updated.

Nice shooting. How'd you get up to their elevation? Nice capture. Love to see more.

Very nice image Woody. The chick looks just a little older than 2 weeks to me ... maybe more like 4-5.

kewl shot. I am surprised that they are already raising chicks, the hawks here only arrived back this week

tkerr wrote in post #10106993
Yep, that one is kinda cute. Great shot.

Thanks Tim, i think they are all cute at that age

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #10107669
What a lovely sight! Great capture, Keith.

Thanks Levina

Candor wrote in post #10109376
Nice shot and what a great find. Keep us updated.

Thanks Mike, i check the nest about every 3 days and will post new ones as they grow

Ed Harp wrote in post #10109419
Nice shooting. How'd you get up to their elevation? Nice capture. Love to see more.

Thanks Ed, I was on the ground and they are about 20ft up, i just cropped it to look like that

bhowdy wrote in post #10109440
Very nice image Woody. The chick looks just a little older than 2 weeks to me ... maybe more like 4-5.

Thanks Bob, I was hoping someone would be able to estimate a little better than i did. It's hard to tell when they were born since i can't get that close to the nest.

millwright wrote in post #10109801
kewl shot. I am surprised that they are already raising chicks, the hawks here only arrived back this week

Thanks, These guys didn't migrate, the red tails that i am familiar with around here tough it out for the winter.

Woody,

awesome, It appears you almost level with them, but see where there 20 feet up. Great shooting, Love to have this opportunity, great shooting by you and to see this. Thanks for sharing!!!

Dan

CanaHolic wrote in post #10110033
Woody,

awesome, It appears you almost level with them, but see where there 20 feet up. Great shooting, Love to have this opportunity, great shooting by you and to see this. Thanks for sharing!!!

Dan

Thanks Dan, I am so lucky this year as i am watching 3 nests, Red tails, Great Horned owl (although i have yet to get any shots before they fly off) and an Osprey nest (female is currently incubating)

That is special, Keith. Cute little guy.