{"id":8882,"date":"2014-07-27T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T15:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2014-07-27T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T15:40:13","slug":"red-tailed-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=8882","title":{"rendered":"Red-Tailed Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk1-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk1-web\" width=\"475\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk1-web.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk1-web-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in Historic Smithville (in Burlington County, rather than Atlantic County), Rich spotted a red-tailed hawk.\u00a0 I initially thought I saw a rabbit or squirrel.\u00a0 Then, as I got closer with camera in hand, I realized it was a hawk with a squirrel! His outspread feathers were absolutely glorious!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk-flying-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk-flying-web\" width=\"470\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk-flying-web.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk-flying-web-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I got closer, it flew off with the squirrel!\u00a0 It landed in a field nearby.\u00a0 Rich told me I could approach it because it had its prey and would protect it.\u00a0 Normally, when I try to photograph a red-tailed hawk, it flies the moment I approach it (and I approach slowly and quietly).\u00a0 However, this guy did not move!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk3-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk3-web\" width=\"475\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk3-web.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk3-web-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He watched me, with his head twisting more and more backwards (think Linda Blair in The Exorcist) to follow my every move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk4-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk4-web\" width=\"475\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk4-web.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk4-web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As I slowly got closer to him, he continued watching me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk2-web.jpg\" alt=\"Hawk2-web\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk2-web.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Hawk2-web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He looks quite displeased with me, like he&#8217;s going to attack me at any moment if I don&#8217;t leave him alone.\u00a0 My camera is not a force-field, so after taking a lot of photos, I left him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While in Historic Smithville (in Burlington County, rather than Atlantic County), Rich spotted a red-tailed hawk.\u00a0 I initially thought I saw a rabbit or squirrel.\u00a0 Then, as I got closer with camera in hand, I realized it was a hawk with a squirrel! His outspread feathers were absolutely glorious! As I got closer, it flew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-photos-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8889,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions\/8889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}