Andy Smith Photography
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Takeoff
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One morning I went to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, insearch of a rare migrant that had been spotted. Along the path I was greeted by this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk who posed for a long time and then took off. The Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is probably the most common raptor species in our region, often seen along roadsides or soaring. |