![A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk keeps watch near Union Reservoir in Longmont, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://live.staticflickr.com/1897/42478946180_ba0860d2da_o.jpg)
Red-tails are about the most common hawks on the plains but they also aren’t usually prone to hang around for pictures. Every now and then I come across one that is willing to pose and such was the case with this juvenile. It had staked out a nice tree to keep watch on a field, undoubtedly waiting for some poor rodent or snake to appear and become breakfast.