red tailed hawks – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

2020 Photographic Year In Review

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-04T16:03:29-05:00December 31st, 2020|Categories: Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Bushtits, Common Loons, Cooper’s Hawks, Desert Tarantulas, Eastern Kingbirds, Elk, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ferruginous Hawks, Golden Eagles, Gray Catbirds, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, Green-tailed Towhees, Merlins, Mountain Bluebirds, Nashville Warblers, Northern Harriers, Pine Siskins, Red Foxes, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Red-tailed Hawks, Ring-billed Gulls, Rusty Blackbirds, Short-eared Owls, Townsend's Solitaires, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, West Desert, Wild Turkeys, Wildflowers, Yellow Warblers|Tags: 5.7 earthquake, blackbirds, bluebirds, catbirds, coronavirus, eagles, Elk, fox, ground squirrels, gulls, harriers, hawks, herons, hummingbirds, kingbirds, loons, Merlin, owls, rare birds, red tailed hawks, siskins, tarantula, towhees, turkeys, uncommon, wablers, year in review|

This is my 2020 photographic year in review. I'm selecting some of my favorite photos from 2020 and a few that just make me happy to see them.

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Turkey Vultures at a Corral, Hillside Canada Goose and a Red-tailed Hawk Fly Over

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-14T06:22:42-06:00April 11th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Branta canadensis, Buteo jamaicensis, Canada Goose, Cathartes aura, corral, flight, grasses, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hillside, membrane, nesting materials, nictitating membrane, raptors, red tail hawk, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, roosting, third eyelid, Turkey Vulture, vultures, wildflowers|

Yesterday morning was bright and sunny and I had fun photographing Turkey Vultures at a corral, a hillside Canada Goose and a Red-tailed Hawk flying over with nesting materials in northern Utah.

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Partially Leucistic Adult Red-tailed Hawk in Flight – A Rare and Wonderful Sight!

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-03T03:08:03-06:00November 15th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Leucistic, Rarities, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, feather wear, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, leucism, leucistic, molt, molting, partial albino, Partially leucistic, raptors, rare, rarity, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk|

When the partially leucistic Red-tailed Hawk lifted off from the power pole I was able to capture photos of it in flight and I was stunned by the beauty of the hawk, pictures do not do this bird justice.

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West Desert Red-tailed Hawk Under Gray, Blustery Skies

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-04T07:20:15-05:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, gray skies, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, low light, perched, raptors, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk|

I didn't think I'd like this photo of a perched Red-tailed Hawk under gray, blustery skies but I do

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Perched Red-tailed Hawk in a snow storm

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-02T04:54:10-06:00December 26th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, hawk, hawks, low light, raptors, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, snow, snow storm, winter|

This beautiful rufous Red-tailed Hawk has been hanging around Farmington Bay for a couple of months now much to the delight of many photographers and myself.

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Close up of a Red-tailed Hawk in flight

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-28T05:53:24-06:00September 17th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah, Utah County|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, close up, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, ranchlands, raptors, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, summer|

There are times when the birds I want to photograph are too far away and then there are times when the birds get too close, this Red-tailed Hawk got too close.

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Red-tailed Hawk in flight near the Oquirrh Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-04T05:53:32-05:00January 24th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah, Utah County|Tags: adult, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawks, Oquirrh Mountain Range, raptors, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk|

One great bird can make a day or even an entire trip worthwhile and this particular Red-tailed Hawk photographed in Utah County has made two days wonderful so far.

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Tale Of A Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-28T14:55:18-05:00April 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, desert, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, perched, photography, raptors, red tail, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, spread, Tooele County, Utah, west desert, wings|

This is a rather short tale about a Red-tailed Hawk although the tail of the Red-tailed Hawk is no shorter than any other Red-tailed Hawk.

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Weird Canada Geese behavior and a Red-tailed Hawk building a nest

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-13T18:29:36-06:00March 16th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Canada Geese, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Branta canadensis, Buteo jamaicensis, Canada Goose, hawk, hawks, nest building, nesting, nesting material, nesting season, odd behavior, raptors, red tailed hawks, Red-tailed Hawk|

The weird Canada Geese behavior on the top of the cliff led me to finding a Red-tailed Hawks nest though and I am tickled about that.

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