Yellow Rat Snake

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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