rufous – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Red-tailed Hawk Pre-Lift Off

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-15T05:42:28-05:00March 15th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo jamaicensis calurus, Buteos, desert, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lichens, lift off, pre-lift off, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, rufous, sky, take off, Utah, winter|

It's been about four years since I photographed this rufous Red-tailed Hawk in in a pre-lift off pose way up in northern Utah. This pose can be hard to capture.

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Rufous Red-tailed Hawk Female Memories

By Mia McPherson|2021-01-28T06:21:20-06:00January 28th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Box Elder County, buteo, Buteo jamaicensis, cliff, cliff face, desert, female, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, resting, rufous, shrub, stretch, stretching, Utah|

This morning I wanted to share a few photos of a stunning rufous Red-tailed Hawk female that I photographed over a period of a couple of years.

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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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One Stunning Rufous Red-tailed Hawk – How Finding It Saved My Day

By Mia McPherson|2023-12-11T02:49:40-06:00March 13th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, back view, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, gaining altitude, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, landing, lichen covered, lift off, lifting off, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, rock, rufous|

If I hadn't found and pointed out this stunning rufous Red-tailed Hawk yesterday morning I would have basically come home without a single decent image of a bird.

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Gray Catbird, Willows and Sunshine

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-27T07:39:21-05:00July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Gray Catbirds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: adult, canyon, catbird, catbirds, Dumetella carolinensis, Gray Catbird, mimids, mountans, rufous, stand, summer, sunshine, thicket, willows|

I have truly been enjoying being able to photograph Gray Catbirds this spring and summer because they are challenging to get out in the open, because I think they are dashing in appearance and their songs always delight me.

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