{"id":94189,"date":"2021-01-27T05:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=94189"},"modified":"2021-01-27T05:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:41:23","slug":"rough-legged-hawk-on-rabbit-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/rough-legged-hawk-on-rabbit-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough-legged Hawk On Rabbit Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wild hawk on wild prey in a natural setting so I like the primeval mood of the photo.<\/p>\n

A fairly short post today. My chronic bad back is acting up with resulting nerve pain in my back, hips and legs so sitting at my computer is problematic.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Four years ago next month I found this young Rough-legged Hawk feeding on a rabbit in a remote area of Box Elder County. The rabbit was within about 10′ feet of the road so I’ve always wondered if it had been killed by the hawk or a vehicle. The rabbit is pretty big prey for this species but they’re known to take them. However they’re also known to feed on carrion, especially in winter, so either scenario seems plausible.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted a couple of other photos of this bird in the past but this one is new to my blog.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – Yesterday Martin Muller, co-author of the Pied-billed Grebe account in Cornell’s Birds of the World, posted a lengthy comment in yesterday’s blog post about the Pied-billed Grebe “mystery behavior” that was the subject of the post. Martin’s comment was posted late in the day so I suspect few viewers saw it. There was a lot of interest from viewers in the purpose of that behavior so I’m providing a link below for those who may want to see his comment and potentially clear up the mystery.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s the link<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A wild hawk on wild prey in a natural setting so I like the primeval mood of the photo.<\/p>\n

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