{"id":17217,"date":"2014-11-27T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T23:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=17217"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:17:23","slug":"happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/11\/27\/happy-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-166901 size-full\" title=\"Red-tailed Hawk flying over the snow, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737.jpg\" alt=\"Red-tailed Hawk flying over the snow, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"548\" data-id=\"17215\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27548%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20548%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27548%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737-400x258.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/red-tailed-hawk-flight-winter-mia-mcpherson-4737.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Happy Thanksgiving &#8211; Red-tailed Hawk flying over the snow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year has been zipping by so quickly and it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already here and I really have so much to be grateful for.<\/p>\n<p>I am blessed because I have my sons and their children, my mother, brother and his children, my nieces, my friends, and all of you. I am grateful to be able to share my passion for birds and photography each day.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/red-tailed-hawk-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">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":"<p>This year has been zipping by so quickly and it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is already here and I really have so much to be grateful for.  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