{"id":17191,"date":"2014-11-22T05:23:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T12:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=17191"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:33:01","slug":"winter-wanderers-rough-legged-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/11\/22\/winter-wanderers-rough-legged-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wanderers – Rough-legged Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WinterRough-legged Hawk – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 328 mm, natural light, not baited
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I have started seeing Rough-legged Hawks again in northern Utah and that has me excited. I have seen them in Utah County and Davis County but I haven’t gotten any quality photos of them yet that I would call home about… or anyone else for that matter.<\/p>\n

Three years ago today was a different story where I photographed a very cooperative, preening Rough-legged Hawk on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> for the better part of half an hour.<\/p>\n

I would have photographed the hawk longer but since I had a lunch date with friends I had to leave before the hawk was finished preening, fluffing, shaking, and generally showing off for the camera.<\/p>\n

I really didn’t want to leave but lunch was great fun too.<\/p>\n

I hadn’t processed this particular image before and I felt I had to this morning because the image made me laugh a bit because of the slightly goofy-looking pose.<\/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":"

I have started seeing Rough-legged Hawks again in northern Utah and that has me excited. I have seen them in Utah County and Davis County but I haven’t gotten any quality photos of them yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158618,"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":[511,27,1022,1087,26],"tags":[970,2663,4275,11978,4620,4169,2386,4067,12536,4019,153,1648],"class_list":["post-17191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-rough-legged-hawks","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-lagopus","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-light-moroh","tag-preening-2","tag-raptors","tag-rough-legged-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