{"id":13732,"date":"2014-01-22T04:49:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T11:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=13732"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:21:23","slug":"a-red-tailed-hawk-in-utah-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/22\/a-red-tailed-hawk-in-utah-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk in Utah County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk under side – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 314mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Today I have just\u00a0a few images of a Red-tailed Hawk I spotted yesterday on a power pole in Utah County near the southern part of the Oquirrh Mountain Range.<\/p>\n

The Red-tailed Hawk\u00a0was actively hunting using the power poles as\u00a0lookout perches and a good many of my shots had the power lines in them unfortunately.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk in Utah County\u00a0– Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 314mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

While observing and photographing the Red-tailed Hawk I saw it\u00a0catch and eat several\u00a0rodents but always on the top of the poles. There aren’t any natural perches in the area but I sure wish there were.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk in a dive\u00a0– Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 500mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> would watch for prey in the grasses and then dive down from the power poles when it spotted something. It did miss a few times and would come up from the ground with empty talons.<\/p>\n

It was nice to get out and actually have a bird of prey in my viewfinder for a change plus we ran into a good friend and had a great time catching up with each other over lunch.<\/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":"

Today I have just a few images of a Red-tailed Hawk I spotted yesterday on a power pole in Utah County near the southern part of the Oquirrh Mountain Range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166380,"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":[27,449,26,1592],"tags":[2663,4170,4052,4122,4033,4169,2057,153,4209],"class_list":["post-13732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","category-utah-county-utah","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-oquirrh-mountain-range","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawk"],"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