{"id":49966,"date":"2017-07-15T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T11:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=49966"},"modified":"2017-07-15T05:33:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T11:33:37","slug":"swainsons-hawk-in-flight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/15\/swainsons-hawk-in-flight-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawk In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This adult light morph Swainson’s Hawk was\u00a0a good omen for my present camping trip.<\/p>\n

Five days ago it was my first bird on my first morning here and I found it within a stone’s throw of the Montana\/Idaho border. It’s always a bit of a special occasion when I cross back over the border into my home state of Montana. For me Big Sky Country will always be… home.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This bird and a companion sub-adult light morph Swainson’s were perched on adjacent fence posts as I approached them. Both birds were considerate enough to pose for me for a few minutes and then take off separately so I was able to get lift-off shots of each of them. I like\u00a0 this wing position and the humped rump and fanned tail – both indicative of recent takeoff.<\/p>\n

In the interest of full disclosure, this bird had an odd-looking second catch light in its eye so I removed it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Later on this same day we discovered the Red-naped Sapsucker nest cavity with a single chick in it. We spent four evenings watching the sapsucker youngster being fed by its parents until it eventually fledged sometime yesterday so I’d say this Swainson’s Hawk truly was a good omen.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This adult light morph Swainson’s Hawk was a good omen for my present camping trip.<\/p>\n

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