Date: 12/8/25 5:35 pm
From: <ty.smedes...>
Subject: [ia-bird] Fall Raptor Photos - not a recent sighting
I've wrapped up fall raptor migration photography and have attached a few
highlight images, including:



* Sharp-shinned Hawk (Adult)
* Red-shouldered Hawk (Juvenile)
* Northern Harrier
* Eastern Red-tailed Hawk
* Northern Red-tailed Hawk (Adult)
* Merlin (Adult) Prairie sub-species, likely a male
* Peregrine Falcon (Adult) Anatum sub-species



Best bird (s) was the pair of juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks that hung around
Beaver Bottoms Wetland and Brenton Slough all fall (multiple sightings &
photos) indicating a likely nesting here in central Iowa.



Ty Smedes



www.smedesphoto.com



"I believe in luck. And I believe the harder I work, the more I have of it."




Thomas Jefferson



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