{"id":117217,"date":"2023-10-19T04:08:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=117217"},"modified":"2023-10-19T04:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:09:03","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-in-front-of-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/10\/19\/red-tailed-hawk-in-front-of-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk In Front Of The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took a few long distance photos of this Red-tailed Hawk at Farmington Bay WMA because of the fall colors in the Wasatch Mountains in the background.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Red-tailed Hawk in front of the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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The pops of red in the still shadowed mountainside are Gambel Oaks, which during autumn can be breathtaking. I know that the oaks please my eyes. Having the adult Red-tailed Hawk in front of the mountains with those pops of red was even more visually appealing to me.<\/p>\n

The Red-tailed Hawk is small in the frame, and I like it that way because it shows more of the habitat where I found this raptor. The cottonwood the hawk is perched on was alive when I first moved to Utah in 2009. It isn’t leafless now because of the season; it began to die a few years ago. The tree still stands and provides a perch for this hawk, other raptors, Bald Eagles, and many other birds.<\/p>\n

This Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> photo might not appeal to other people like it does to me; and that is perfectly fine. My photos are for my own enjoyment. I don’t take them for ego strokes, for likes on Facebook, or to gain anyone’s approval.<\/p>\n

I take photos because I love my time connecting with nature and because nature is real. This hawk is as real as the mountains behind her or him and the tree they are perched upon.<\/p>\n

This photo of the Red-tailed Hawk isn’t perfect; it’s wonderfully imperfect.<\/p>\n

That is more than good enough for me, both today and in the years to come when I look at this picture again.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Red-tailed Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took a few long distance photos of this Red-tailed Hawk at Farmington Bay WMA because of the fall colors in the Wasatch Mountains in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1022,697,449,26],"tags":[4004,970,2663,4170,2497,10494,4992,4620,5436,6731,4033,4169,10014,4094,4069,6689,4104,153,4209,4043,4427,4076,4176,4095],"class_list":["post-117217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-buteos","tag-cottonwood","tag-dead","tag-fall","tag-fall-colors","tag-gambel-oak","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-look","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-over-the-shoulder","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-small-in-frame","tag-tree","tag-trees","tag-wasatch-mountains","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t