{"id":13769,"date":"2014-01-24T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=13769"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:38:09","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-in-flight-near-the-oquirrh-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/24\/red-tailed-hawk-in-flight-near-the-oquirrh-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk In Flight Near The Oquirrh Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

One great bird can make a day or even an entire trip worthwhile and this particular Red-tailed Hawk photographed in Utah County\u00a0has made two days wonderful so far. You can see more images of it here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Red-tailedRed-tailed Hawk in flight near the Oquirrh Mountains – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 350mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding raptors close enough to photograph this winter has been difficult and it has been frustrating. I’m happy that I found this hawk.<\/p>\n

The location where this Red-tailed Hawk was photographed has the Oquirrh Mountains in the background which adds visual appeal beyond the plain blue sky I often get when photographing raptors in flight.<\/p>\n

Two days ago it was a little more difficult for me to spot this hawk for us to photograph primarily because two very skittish Rough-legged Hawks had moved into its territory.<\/p>\n

The Roughies were so skittish that if we even slowed down near them they took off but the Red-tailed was a bit more cooperative.<\/p>\n

It didn’t even flinch when huge gravel trucks would rumble by, it was far more intent on hunting.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0was wonderful to see this Red-tailed through my viewfinder.<\/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":"

One great bird can make a day or even an entire trip worthwhile and this particular Red-tailed Hawk photographed in Utah County has made two days wonderful so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140278,"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":[4004,4021,2663,4170,4052,4122,4169,2057,153,5446,4209],"class_list":["post-13769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","category-utah-county-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hawks","tag-oquirrh-mountain-range","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawks","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