{"id":8175,"date":"2013-04-23T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8175"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:03:06","slug":"adult-swainsons-hawk-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/23\/adult-swainsons-hawk-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Swainson’s Hawk Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swainson'sAdult Swainson’s Hawk portrait – Nikon D200, f9, 1\/250, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this hawk in May of 2011 and soon after I photographed it I made a post about the bird here on my blog. The other day I came across that post and felt very embarrassed because on that post I realized I had incorrectly ID’d this bird as a Red-tailed Hawk.<\/p>\n

I must have been distracted, having my brain picked, or in a hurry to make the wrong ID but it does show that no matter how well you know your bird ID a mistake can be made.<\/p>\n

I’ve corrected my previous post that had images of this bird in it.<\/p>\n

And I have completely washed the egg off of my face \ud83d\ude42<\/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":"

The other day I came across that post and felt very embarrassed because on that post I realized I had incorrectly ID’d this bird as a Red-tailed Hawk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8174,"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":[511,27,206,26],"tags":[4004,58,4200,4142,4005,4033,4169,4046,153,4034],"class_list":["post-8175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-swainson-hawks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-antelope-island-sp","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-close-up","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-portrait","tag-raptors","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