{"id":21625,"date":"2014-01-24T06:29:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21625"},"modified":"2014-01-24T06:29:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:29:50","slug":"dark-morph-rough-legged-hawk-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/24\/dark-morph-rough-legged-hawk-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dark morph color phase of the Rough-legged Hawk is a near-nemesis bird for me but two days ago I found one in Utah Valley.\u00a0 I wish I’d had my\u00a0 teleconverter (tc) attached but this bird just didn’t give me the required time so this is one of those\u00a0situations where I’m more enamored with the subject than I am with the images themselves.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0I include this shot for context since I’m no fan of wires and insulators.\u00a0\u00a0 Notice that the tarsi are feathered down to the toes – a characteristic lacking in most hawk species.<\/p>\n

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\"rough-legged<\/a>\u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0As the hawk took off it skimmed over the background mountains which gave me an effect that I like.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The vast majority of Rough-legged Hawks are light morphs which partially explains why this was only my third decent opportunity with the dark morph (I do spot them occasionally but they seldom let me get close).<\/p>\n

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Here’s a close\u00a0look at a\u00a0light morph for the sake of comparison.<\/p>\n

In a few weeks these birds will be leaving for their high-arctic breeding grounds so I hope to get more chances with them very\u00a0soon.<\/p>\n

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

The dark morph color phase of the Rough-legged Hawk is a near-nemesis bird for me but two days ago I found one in Utah Valley. <\/p>\n

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