I had an opportunity to get up close and personal with a juvenile red-tailed hawk.

They are magnificent creatures.

both up close and in the sky,

although I far prefer to see them flying free.

We have three juvenile hawks in Holler skies now.

They fly closer to us than the adults,

Red Tails don’t develop the characteristic red-tail until their first year molt,

and their feather colors can vary from quite dark to very light.

Cheers to you from the Red-Tail-Kids~