Red-shouldered Hawk – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

My Mom Would Have Been 92 Today

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2024|Categories: Eastern Cottonwood, Miscellaneous, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Sycamore, babies, birds of prey, bottomland hardwood forests, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, chicks, Cottonwood, Eastern Cottonwood, forest, hawk, hawks, heart, heart shape, immature, juvenile, leaves, light, native, natural, nest, nestling, Platanus occidentalis, Populus deltoides, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, shadow, spotlight, spring, sycamore, tree, tree trunk, trunk, young|

My mom would have been 92 today. I miss her terribly, but she is with me in so many ways. She was also with me when I went to Tishomingo NWR last Saturday.

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Young Red-shouldered Hawk at Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branches, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, forest, hawk, hawks, immature, leaves, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, summer, trees, young|

When I photographed this young Red-shouldered Hawk at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge it had been fourteen years since I had this species in my viewfinder.

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Adult Red-shouldered Hawk In Dappled Light

By Mia McPherson|February 19th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, John Chesnut Sr. Park, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, dappled, forest, hammock, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, light, on foot, perched, raptor, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, trees|

I came across this adult Red-shouldered Hawk while walking around at John Chesnut Sr. Park in Florida way back in January of 2009.

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Perched Red-shouldered Hawk adult at Myakka River State Park

By Mia McPherson|October 31st, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sarasota County|Tags: adult, air plants, birds of prey, branch, Buteo lineatus, forest, hardwood forest swamp, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lichen, moss, oak hammock, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Spanish Moss, tillandsia, trees|

Back in early 2009 I was wandering with some friends in a hammock at Myakka River State Park, Florida when we came across this Red-shouldered Hawk.

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Red-shouldered Hawk at Myakka River State Park, Florida

By Mia McPherson|March 24th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sarasota County|Tags: adult, birds of prey, branch, Buteo lineatus, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lift off, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, sky, swamp, tree, winter|

In January of 2009 I went to Myakka River State Park with three of my bird photography friends and the raptor highlight of the day was this Red-shouldered Hawk.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Surveying Fort De Soto’s North Beach

By Mia McPherson|February 5th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, blue sky, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, coast, coastal, Gulf of Mexico, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, north beach, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, resting, snag, surveying, tree|

This Red-shouldered Hawk was just a few feet away from a tidal lagoon and just yards away from the Gulf when I photographed it in November of 2008.

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Red-shouldered Hawk In Flight

By Mia McPherson|January 14th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Red-shouldered Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo lineatus, coast, coastal, flight, flying, habitat, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, lift off, morning, red shoulders, Red-shouldered Hawk, sand dunes, sky, snag, unexpected|

This Red-shouldered Hawk photo was taken in Florida in November of 2008 just after the hawk lifted off from an old snag near a Great Blue Heron I had been photographing.

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Red-shouldered Hawk from Sawgrass Lake Park, Florida

By Mia McPherson|September 12th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: adult, birds of prey, buteo, Buteo lineatus, Buteo lineatus extimus, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, pale head, perched, pine, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, swamp, tree, trees|

There are five recognized subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawks with the Florida Red-shouldered Hawks having the palest heads and plumage. I believe this Red-shouldered Hawk adult is from the Florida race, Buteo lineatus extimus.

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And We Have Lift Off!

By Mia McPherson|June 30th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Horned Larks, Montana, Pinellas County, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-shouldered Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Utah, Western Meadowlarks, Willets|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Buteo swainsoni, Eremophila alpestris, hawk, hawks, Horned Lark, large game, lark, larks, lift off, meadowlarks, push, Red-shouldered Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, shorebirds, squat, Sturnella neglecta, Swainson's Hawk, thrust, Tringa semipalmata, Western Meadowlark, Willet|

I wanted to share some bird lift off images today so I rounded up a few that showed different styles of lift offs.

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Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk Learning To Hunt

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Pinellas County, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, close up, Elaphe obsoleta, fence, fledglings, hardwood forest swamp, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, hunting, immature, juvenile, low light, Palmetto Bug, portrait, prey, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, snake, summer, swamp, Yellow Rat Snake, young|

This juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was perched on a metal fence post so I opted to go for a portrait to remove the "hand of man".

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile – Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|January 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park, Small in the frame|Tags: bamboo, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, early morning light, Florida, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, small in the frame, spring, swamp, trees|

Five days ago I posted a Bald Eagle image where the eagle was small in the frame and explained that I felt that the setting was as important as the subject, I also feel that way about this image of a Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile perched in a tree.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Portraits, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park|Tags: Buteo lineatus, close up, fledgling, Florida, forest, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, Pinellas County, portrait, raptor, RAW files, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, swamp, young|

This very cooperative juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was used to the people who frequented Sawgrass County Park and it would land very close to humans.

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