{"id":6577,"date":"2012-11-14T06:05:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T13:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6577"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:41:09","slug":"northern-harrier-chasing-a-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/14\/northern-harrier-chasing-a-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Harrier Chasing A Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NorthernNorthern Harrier chasing a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This image of a Northern Harrier and a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in an aerial dogfight over Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> was taken the day before the recent snow storm started that we had here in the Salt Lake Valley over the weekend.<\/p>\n

When I spotted and pointed out these hawks they were up a slope near Frary Peak.<\/p>\n

I wish the raptors had been a bit closer than they were but I might have clipped the wing tips of the Northern Harrier in this image if they had been closer.<\/p>\n

To me, it seemed much more like they were playing than actually fighting.<\/p>\n

The “fight” only lasted a few seconds and no birds were harmed. They did get my heart pumping!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This image of a Northern Harrier and a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in an aerial dogfight over Antelope Island State Park was taken the day before the recent snow storm started that we had here in the Salt Lake Valley over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158985,"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":[511,27,1022,348,449,26],"tags":[4510,970,4021,4170,929,765,11978,4620,4743,4337,4052,4122,9118,2783,4033,4169,4067,4071,4006,4806,153,4209,4193],"class_list":["post-6577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-northern-harriers","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","tag-aerial-dogfight","tag-autumn","tag-bird-photography","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-chasing","tag-circus-hudsonius","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-fight","tag-fighting","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hariers","tag-harrier","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-northern-harrier","tag-playing","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-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