Red-Tailed Hawk Perched on Dead Tree, 2024 - Print

This high-quality nature photograph features a wild hawk preparing for flight from a dead pine tree branch. Shot in a mountainous wilderness area, the image features a shallow depth of field that makes the bird pop against the blurred forest background.

• Subject: Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

• Setting: Mountainous terrain / Alpine forest

• Mood: Majestic, wild, observant