rufous morph – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Rufous Female Red-tailed Hawk Fly By

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-27T04:39:50-05:00January 24th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff face, desert, female, flight, flying, frustrations in bird photography, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, on the wing, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rufous, rufous morph|

I keep wondering if I will see this big, gorgeous, rufous Red-tailed Hawk female in my viewfinder again this year.

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More Photos Of The Rufous Red-tailed Hawk Female

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-02T11:20:17-05:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff, cliff face, desert, female, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, lifting off, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, rufous, rufous morph, sagebrush, spring, taking off|

I had a great time photographing this beautiful rufous Red-tailed Hawk yesterday morning and I'm glad I had good light when I did.

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Rufous Morph Red-tailed Hawk Taking Flight Photos

By Mia McPherson|2021-01-28T15:15:01-06:00March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, altitude, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, crouching, female, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, lifting off, pushing off, raising wings, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rufous, rufous morph, sequence, taking flight|

By the time I took this next image in the series the Red-tailed Hawk had straightened her legs, her wings were high over her body and she was pushing off from the rock.

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Nesting Red-tailed Hawks – Plus Guidelines On Photographing Nesting Birds

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-05T04:24:56-06:00March 17th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, cliff, cliff face, female, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lichen covered, light morph, male, mated pair, mates, nest building, nesting materials, photograph, photographing, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, restful, rufous morph|

I'm happy to see that the rufous female Red-tailed Hawk does have a mate and that they are building a nest to raise their young in, I hope they are successful.

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Rufous Morph Red-tailed Hawk – Finally Some Photos in Good Light

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-19T05:40:38-05:00May 9th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, desert, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hillside, lift off, rabbitbrush, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rufous morph, sagebrush, spring|

I have been trying to photograph this rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk in good light since the first time I spotted her on the 24th of March in northern Utah, yesterday I finally accomplished that goal.

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