By Lisa Ann Fanning | 2023-01-30
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![Community photo entitled by Lorraine Boyd on 01/28/2023 at New Paltz, New York](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2023/01/20230130_215537.jpg)
On 01/28/2023 01:23 pm by Lorraine Boyd| New Paltz, New York
A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in flight and landing on a post. You can tell that it is a first year hawk by the brown striped tail. By the second year, usually about 1.5 yrs old, the hawk will transition into an adult & the bands on the tail are replaced by a solid red color. Also the juvenile's eyes are a pale yellow.
D500 with 600 f/4 lens hand held
crop & enhance two photos, create collage