Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks

Red-shouldered Hawk
By Lake Jesup

Over the last few months, I've been watching a Red-shouldered Hawks' nest at Central Winds Park.  It all started with their courtship along rte 434 just south of the park.  Then I found their nest inside the park.  I've seen the fledgings hanging out on branches by the nest, and now they're flying around the park.  I wasn't sure how many young ones there were, because there was no good view of the nest.  I knew there was at least two.  Well this afternoon I found one down by the shore of Lake Jesup, and then two near the nest area.  I can't be sure if the one by the shore made it back to the nest area by the time I did, but I have a feeling that that's what happened.  I didn't see either of the adults, but the kiddos appear to be doing fine.

Red-shouldered Hawk #1
Near the Nest (same as above?)

Red-shouldered Hawk #2
Near the Nest

Given how cloudy/shady it was, I had to shoot both of these at pretty high ISO.  The first was shot at 1250 and the other two were taken at 3200.  But these are nearly full-frame images.  They did not seem to mind me one bit.