{"id":48745,"date":"2017-06-03T04:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=48745"},"modified":"2017-06-03T04:33:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T10:33:21","slug":"ferruginous-hawk-in-flight-with-a-mountain-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/03\/ferruginous-hawk-in-flight-with-a-mountain-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferruginous Hawk In Flight With A Mountain Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

This might be the most handsome Ferruginous Hawk I’ve ever had in my viewfinder. Usually I have to go to Montana to have much of a chance\u00a0with this species but yesterday morning I photographed this one in Tooele County, Utah.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I was driving at a pretty good clip when I passed\u00a0the bird perched on a hilltop to my right\u00a0at a perfect distance for takeoff\/flight shots but it was on the wrong side of the damned road (aren’t they always?)\u00a0so I had to turn around for it. Raptors that are perfectly calm when a vehicle passes by often spook when they see\u00a0it turn around and come back for them\u00a0so I drove quite a ways down the road before I did my U-turn. It took so long my heart was in my throat hoping the hawk would still be there. It was. This is one of the shots I got soon after it eventually took off.<\/p>\n

Even while perched this was a stunningly handsome bird. For the species there’s nothing remarkable about its plumage but\u00a0the hawk\u00a0was in\u00a0great morning\u00a0light, the dark mountains in the background set it off wonderfully, the bird was always in profile to me and its feathers seemed so perfect and fresh that I actually remarked out loud about how beautiful it was.<\/p>\n

I got quite a few shots of the hawk both\u00a0perched and in flight and I plan to post a series of them soon but yesterday was an incredibly long and hectic day for me so I haven’t yet had time to review, cull and process those images.<\/p>\n

I hope any Ferruginous Hawk aficionados among my readers\u00a0will stay tuned…<\/p>\n

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

This might be the most handsome Ferruginous Hawk I’ve ever had in my viewfinder. Usually I have to go to Montana to have much of a chance with this species but yesterday morning I photographed this one in Tooele County, Utah.<\/p>\n

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