23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Big redtail hawk
This is a redtail hawk the reason I am picking this photo is because I never expected to be so close to a hawk at least a few inches away from me. This is a juvenile redtail so he was hunting a squirrel and didn’t know how to eat it. He only knew how to kill it. It was really amazing that he let me get close enough to him to snap a lot of photos.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 10.2025 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2025 |
| Photo Location: | The Bronx, New York, United States of America |
| Camera: | iPhone 15 |
| Copyright: | © David Hernandez/Morales |