Blue Creek Spring

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Rousing While Lifting Off

By Mia McPherson|July 31st, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: behaviors, birds of prey, Blue Creek Spring, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, hawks, Hawks of Utah, juvenile, leaping, pole, raptor, red tail hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, rousing|

On the way home I did spot a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk sitting on a power pole near Blue Creek Spring and I put my lens on it because I was hoping it would take flight after it finished preening itself on the pole.

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk At Blue Creek Spring

By Mia McPherson|January 2nd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Blue Creek Spring, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, food, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hot spring, hot springs, immature, juvenile, landing, mists, prey, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rousing, snow, snowy, steam, winter, young|

Through the steamy mists of a hot spring I found a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk at Blue Creek Spring in Box Elder County and I hoped to get a few decent images of it.