# Red-shouldered Hawk

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [June 23, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580 "2021-06-23T01:42:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/1 "2021-06-23T01:42:13Z")

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![Red-shouldered Hawk](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/9/09a578e462670d8917645e7882af10c4cb140c73.jpeg)

Saw this hawk at the neighborhood lake recently. It was getting mobbed by blackbirds as it flew over the lake but I didn’t get them in the frame here.

### Specific Feedback Requested

Any.

### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
Canon 90D, Sigma 150-600mm C  
ISO 640, f6.3, 1/1600s

###### @allensparks.wildlife

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**Author:** ![terryb](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terryb/32/39625_2.png) [@terryb](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/terryb)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/2 "2021-06-23T11:50:22Z")

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Nice catch, Allen. Good details in the bird. Looks like he has some feathers missing, or partly missing.

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**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/3 "2021-06-23T13:08:52Z")

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> [@Allen\_Sparks](#):
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> @allensparks.wildlife

Really great capture! I too like @terryb was wondering about his feathers? Is that just how they are? Beautiful hawk!

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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/4 "2021-06-23T15:44:45Z")

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Pleasing underbelly in flight shot. Good job on the blue saturation. Enjoyable wing position and diagonal elements in the image.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/5 "2021-06-23T18:58:47Z")

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Hi Allen  
I like the Hawk’s framing and you did a good job handling the exposure on Hawk and sky. Nice looking bird.  
Peter

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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/red-shouldered-hawk/22580/6 "2021-06-25T01:34:43Z")

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Wonderful pose, detail and color, and I love the crop. Good lighting of the underside. Is he molting? My best shots otherwise always seem to have missing feathers.