{"id":41981,"date":"2016-09-16T05:45:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=41981"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:19:18","slug":"sub-adult-red-tailed-hawk-in-clark-county-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/16\/sub-adult-red-tailed-hawk-in-clark-county-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk in Clark County, Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-152050 size-full\" title=\"Sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk near some railroad tracks, Clark County, Idaho\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409.jpg\" alt=\"Sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk near some railroad tracks, Clark County, Idaho\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-tailed-hawk-sub-adult-mia-mcpherson-1409.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Sub-adult Red-tailed Hawk near some railroad tracks &#8211; Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good morning from Clark County, Idaho! I was able to get away from Utah for a bit and I am enjoying being out on our public lands again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m struggling a bit trying to do this morning&#8217;s post because my mouse has either died or just decided to be a pain in the butt and I really don&#8217;t like using the touch pad on my lap top.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday evening I was able to take some bird images with my new Nikon D500 so I am a happy woman, a very happy woman.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not real happy with the background in this image because of the way the one rail from the track crosses the frame. 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