{"id":5979,"date":"2012-08-19T14:35:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T20:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5979"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:05:53","slug":"which-way-did-mia-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/19\/which-way-did-mia-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Way Did Mia Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-165889 size-full\" title=\"Immature Red-tailed Hawk pointing which way Mia went, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435.jpg\" alt=\"Immature Red-tailed Hawk pointing which way Mia went, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10548\" 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\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/red-tailed-hawk-montana-mia-mcpherson-8435.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Immature Red-tailed Hawk pointing which way Mia went &#8211; Listen, I&#8217;m telling you that Mia went that way! She is heading west, then north at the interstate and heading towards Canada. Hurry, you might catch up!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some images strike my funny bone, this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk photograph sure has. This is but one of many captions that came to my mind after viewing it.<\/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<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">*I am <em><strong>still<\/strong> <\/em>away but could not resist posting this. Feel free to share with friends &amp; family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">PS, this was processed on my laptop and it might not be as sharp as normal, it is difficult for me to tell on this screen, sorry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some images strike my funny bone, this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk photograph sure has. 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