{"id":12319,"date":"2013-12-27T04:56:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T11:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2024-07-08T03:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T08:28:58","slug":"rough-legged-hawk-lifting-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/27\/rough-legged-hawk-lifting-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough-legged Hawk lifting off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rough-leggedRough-legged Hawk lifting off – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Rough-legged Hawks are among my favorites of the raptors that over winter in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah because I only<\/em> see them at this time of the year while they wait to head back to the subarctic and Arctic to breed. This winter I have seen fewer Rough-legged Hawks than I have in past winters which may be due to a crash in the vole population but that is just supposition on my part.<\/p>\n

I photographed this Rough-legged Hawk last January at the moment it lifted off from a kestrel nest box at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area<\/span><\/a>. I like how this image shows the feathered tarsi (legs) which give this hawk its name and also shows the length of their long wings.<\/p>\n

There are just a few more weeks before these winter visitors begin their migration north to their breeding grounds so I hope to take many images of them before they go.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Rough-legged Hawks are among my favorites of the raptors that over winter in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah because I only see them at this time of the year while they wait to head back to the subarctic and Arctic to breed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[27,697,1087,26],"tags":[4004,2663,4275,2497,2414,2413,4033,4169,4282,2670,4094,2279,153,1648,4018,4095,373],"class_list":["post-12319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-rough-legged-hawks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-lagopus","tag-buteos","tag-feathered-legs","tag-feathered-tarsi","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-lift-off","tag-light-morph","tag-marsh","tag-nest-box","tag-raptors","tag-rough-legged-hawk","tag-sky","tag-wetlands","tag-winter"],"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