{"id":39561,"date":"2016-05-17T05:36:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T11:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=39561"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:37:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T23:37:48","slug":"swainsons-hawk-landing-on-the-rocks-in-box-elder-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/05\/17\/swainsons-hawk-landing-on-the-rocks-in-box-elder-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawk Landing on the Rocks in Box Elder County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Swainson’s Hawk landing with talons reaching out – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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Five days ago I photographed this male Swainson’s Hawk landing with his talons reaching out for the lichen covered rocks he was going to perch on. I love the setting even though the background is a bit messy with the out of focus sagebrush because of the lichen on the rocks and the spiky grasses growing there.<\/p>\n

While I that wish the hawk was facing a bit more towards me I appreciate the intense look of concentration he appears to have in his eye. And I don’t think I have ever seen the feathers on a Swainson’s legs look so much like bloomers in my life!<\/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":"

Five days ago I photographed this male Swainson’s Hawk landing with his talons reaching out for the lichen covered rocks he was going to perch on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39560,"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":[1148,206,26],"tags":[4004,2663,4200,4033,4169,2386,4123,2325,3291,4062,153,4470,2817,4057,4034],"class_list":["post-39561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-swainson-hawks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-landing","tag-landing-pose","tag-lichen","tag-male","tag-raptors","tag-rocks","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-swainsons-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