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Lorraine Boyd
Glenmont, NY
02/18/2022
04:01 pm

Equipment Details:

D500 with 150-600mm lens hand held

Post-processing Details:

crop & remove some light

Image Details:

Despite the freezing cold wind, this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was soaking up the very bright sun light. By the pale yellow eyes, and the fact that the tail feathers are not yet red, I could tell it is a first year hawk. It is amazing to know that their wingspan averages a little over four feet.