{"id":51088,"date":"2018-02-28T06:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=51088"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:18:50","slug":"swainsons-hawks-heading-our-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/02\/28\/swainsons-hawks-heading-our-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Swainson’s Hawks Heading Our Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LightLight morph Swainson’s Hawk close up with bluish background – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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I’ve been checking the range maps on eBird to see where there are Swainson’s Hawks being sighted in North America<\/span><\/a> because I am getting excited about their return to Utah. Surprisingly I can see some sightings in Florida plus North Carolina has a beautiful sub-adult bird. I know my birding friends in Florida must be excited about their Swainson’s Hawks! I am also seeing sightings being reported in Texas, California and Arizona. The Swainson’s Hawks in Arizona are the closest to Utah and I wonder if those birds will be heading my way before too long.<\/p>\n

It is fun to check out the range maps on eBird and I know that I can check on the migrations of not just the Swainson’s Hawks but other species of birds too.<\/p>\n

\"Swainson'sSwainson’s Hawk giving me the stink eye – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/640, ISO 400, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m fortunate that I can spend time with Swainson’s Hawks here in Utah and in Idaho and Montana on my trips up there. I always enjoy observing and photographing them while they are in North America and I know it would thrill me to see them in the winter in South America too, maybe I need to put that on my bucket list. Swainson\u2019s Hawks may migrate as far as 14,000 miles.<\/p>\n

These two Swainson’s Hawk photos were taken in May of last year up in northern Utah from inside a vehicle being used as a mobile blind and both were photographed from the side of a road where they had become accustomed to traffic going by so they weren’t skittish at all. You can bet though if I had opened the door top get out to photograph the hawks they would have taken off immediately. I liked the bluish background in the first photo which is actually shade on distant mountains and I chuckle when I view the second image because it reminds me of the stink eye I used to get from my youngest son when he was ticked off at me or was expressing disbelief.<\/p>\n

I’m really looking forward to seeing and photographing Swainson’s Hawks this year and I will be able to in just a couple of weeks.<\/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":"

These two Swainson’s Hawk photos were taken in May of last year up in northern Utah from inside a vehicle being used as a mobile blind and both were photographed from the side of a road where they had become accustomed to traffic going by so they weren’t skittish at all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[4004,2663,4200,898,4033,4169,2386,2670,4104,153,5670,4034],"class_list":["post-51088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-swainson-hawks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-fence-post","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-light-morph","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-stink-eye","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