{"id":27388,"date":"2015-08-11T04:27:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=27388"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:42:41","slug":"a-juvenile-swainsons-hawk-on-a-bale-of-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/08\/11\/a-juvenile-swainsons-hawk-on-a-bale-of-hay\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Swainson’s Hawk on a bale of hay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Swainson’s Hawk on a bale of hay – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/80, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light not baited
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I created this juvenile Swainson’s Hawk image two days ago before the sun rose over the mountains on my way in to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and I liked how it turned out despite the low light. The top of the hay bale almost looks frosty but it has been bleached by the sun so I think it contrasts nicely with the dark plumage of the immature hawk.<\/p>\n

Our Swainson’s Hawks will soon be migrating for the winter and I hope that this young hawk will be strong enough to make the journey to South America so it can return to Utah again next spring.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Swainson\u2019s Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I created this juvenile Swainson’s Hawk image two days ago before the sun rose over the mountains and I liked how it turned out despite the low light. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27387,"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":[27,1148,206,26],"tags":[11310,4021,2663,3489,4200,4033,4169,4870,4067,4071,153,4034,4193],"class_list":["post-27388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-swainson-hawks","category-utah","tag-bale","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hay","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-raptors","tag-swainsons-hawk","tag-young"],"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