{"id":11479,"date":"2013-01-14T05:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T12:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=11479"},"modified":"2013-01-14T05:53:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T12:53:22","slug":"ferruginous-hawk-in-head-on-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/14\/ferruginous-hawk-in-head-on-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferruginous Hawk In Head-on Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ferruginous Hawk is the largest, most powerful buteo in North America.\u00a0 They have a broad chest, wide gape, \u00a0large head and long, narrow-tipped wings.\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike most other buteos they often perch on the ground.\u00a0 Their huge nests,\u00a0typically constructed in isolated trees or on cliffs, were often constructed of\u00a0 bison bones and wool before the elimination of that massive animal from the western plains.\u00a0 This species is often compared to\u00a0the Golden Eagle with which it has much in common and they are fully deserving of their apt scientific name, Buteo regalis.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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This bird had been perched on an old fence post in Utah’s west desert (background is the Stansbury Mountains)\u00a0and I was able to capture it in flight soon after it lifted off.\u00a0I like the blood on the left foot and the\u00a0somewhat unusual wing position as\u00a0it took off mostly in my direction.\u00a0 This wing position is seldom seen in photographs because the wing would\u00a0obscure the head in the much more common side view.\u00a0 Typically these birds don’t take off toward the photographer from a low perch.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ferruginous Hawk is the largest, most powerful buteo in North America.\u00a0 They have a broad chest, wide gape, \u00a0large head and long, narrow-tipped wings.\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike most other buteos they often perch on the ground.\u00a0 Their huge nests,\u00a0typically constructed in isolated trees or on cliffs, were often constructed of\u00a0 bison bones and wool before the elimination of that massive animal from the western plains.\u00a0 This species is often compared to\u00a0the Golden Eagle with which it has much in common and they are fully deserving of their apt scientific name, Buteo regalis.\u00a0   \u00a01\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, called in or set up This bird had been perched on an old fence post in Utah’s west desert (background is the Stansbury Mountains)\u00a0and I was able to capture it in flight soon after it lifted off.\u00a0I like the blood on the left foot and the\u00a0somewhat unusual wing position as\u00a0it took off mostly in my direction.\u00a0 This wing position is seldom seen in photographs because the wing would\u00a0obscure the head in the much more common side view.\u00a0 Typically these birds don’t take off toward the photographer from a low perch. Ron<\/p>\n

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