{"id":95313,"date":"2021-09-22T05:19:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=95313"},"modified":"2021-09-22T05:19:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T11:19:38","slug":"immature-light-morph-ferruginous-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/09\/22\/immature-light-morph-ferruginous-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Light Morph Ferruginous Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YoungYoung Ferruginous Hawk on the ground \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday on the last full day of summer I found a couple of hawks in the West Desert including this immature light morph Ferruginous Hawk. When I first saw this young raptor it was on the wrong side of the road and in poor light. As it lifted off I watched it fly towards the west and land on a fence post about three to four football fields away. The immature hawk was on the hunt and before I could get close to it again it lifted off and flew after prey. It missed that prey. This image shows it on the ground after that hunting attempt.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Ferruginous Hawk flying towards the north \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The young Ferruginous Hawk lifted off from the ground and flew north towards a fence post where it landed and could scan the area for prey.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Ferruginous Hawk looking for prey \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The tall wooden fence posts allow the raptors that perch on them an elevated, unobstructed 360\u00b0 view of the thousands of acres of habitat around them.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung light morph Ferruginous Hawk lifting off from a post \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

When the young light morph Ferruginous Hawk spotted something that caught their eye it lifted off from the wooden post and flew towards the south.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature light morph Ferruginous Hawk lifting off \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The distant mountain slopes covered in grasses and junipers made for an interesting background in these photos which worked well with the dynamic flight pose of the immature Ferruginous Hawk. This photo also shows the feathered legs of this species well.<\/p>\n

\"YoungYoung Ferruginous Hawk flying low over a desert \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This last image doesn’t show the feathered tarsi of this young hawk but it does show the concentration and focus that these hawks have when they have prey in their sight.<\/p>\n

After this series of images were taken the young hawk missed the prey and flew back to land on a fence post again. About that time a noisy truck and horse trailer passed by and flushed the hawk from its perch. The young hawk flew to the northwest and I believe it captured prey on that attempt because I could see that it stayed on the ground for a long period of time.<\/p>\n

I also found an adult light morph Ferruginous Hawk earlier in the morning. I will share some of those photos another day.<\/p>\n

Happy Autumnal Equinox!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday on the last full day of summer I found a couple of hawks in the West Desert including this immature light morph Ferruginous Hawk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1069],"tags":[4268,2497,4098,898,2092,4052,4122,5943,4033,4169,2386,4067,4282,4944,2670,6865,4106,153,2315,105,3792,5428,4055,30,4088,8917,4193],"class_list":["post-95313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-ferruginous-hawks","tag-buteo-regalis","tag-buteos","tag-desert","tag-fence-post","tag-ferruginous-hawk","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-ground","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-lift-off","tag-lifting-off","tag-light-morph","tag-looking","tag-prey","tag-raptors","tag-summer-3","tag-sunflowers","tag-take-off","tag-taking-off","tag-tooele-county","tag-utah-2","tag-west-desert","tag-wooden-post","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-west-desert-mia-mcpherson-5385.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-oNj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108965,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/23\/immature-ferruginous-hawk-in-december\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":0},"title":"Immature Ferruginous Hawk In December","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I was overjoyed to see an immature light morph Ferruginous Hawk in my viewfinder four years ago in December while I was out in Utah's West Desert.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Light morph Ferruginous Hawk with its eyes on the clouds, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ferruginous-hawk-eyes-on-the-clouds-mia-mcpherson-5001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ferruginous-hawk-eyes-on-the-clouds-mia-mcpherson-5001.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ferruginous-hawk-eyes-on-the-clouds-mia-mcpherson-5001.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ferruginous-hawk-eyes-on-the-clouds-mia-mcpherson-5001.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":108170,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/21\/west-desert-dark-morph-ferruginous-hawk\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":1},"title":"West Desert Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Nearly three years have passed since I found, pointed out, and photographed this stunning dark morph Ferruginous Hawk in the West Desert of Utah.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dark morph Ferruginous Hawk lifting one foot, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-mia-mcpherson-4399.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-mia-mcpherson-4399.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-mia-mcpherson-4399.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-mia-mcpherson-4399.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":118517,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/24\/dark-morph-ferruginous-hawk-in-the-west-desert\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":2},"title":"Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk In The West Desert","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Four years ago today, I found this gorgeous dark morph Ferruginous Hawk perched on a juniper fence post in the West Desert. I spotted it from about a mile away.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lifting off dark morph Ferruginous Hawk, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-west-desert-mia-mcpherson-4510.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-west-desert-mia-mcpherson-4510.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-west-desert-mia-mcpherson-4510.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-dark-morph-west-desert-mia-mcpherson-4510.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":74604,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/10\/12\/west-desert-ferruginous-hawks-light-and-dark-morphs\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":3},"title":"West Desert Ferruginous Hawks – Light And Dark Morphs","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The past couple of weeks on some of my journeys to the West Desert of Utah I have been able to have a few long distance views of Ferruginous Hawks and that has me excited.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rousing immature Ferruginous Hawk on a fence post in the West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ferruginous-hawk-light-morph-immature-rousing-mia-mcpherson-7500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ferruginous-hawk-light-morph-immature-rousing-mia-mcpherson-7500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ferruginous-hawk-light-morph-immature-rousing-mia-mcpherson-7500.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ferruginous-hawk-light-morph-immature-rousing-mia-mcpherson-7500.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":75090,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/04\/an-immature-light-morph-ferruginous-hawk-in-the-west-desert\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":4},"title":"An Immature Light Morph Ferruginous Hawk In The West Desert","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The highlight of my morning yesterday was when I spotted an immature light morph Ferruginous Hawk perched on a cedar post in the West Desert.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Ferruginous Hawk flying towards me, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-flight-mia-mcpherson-0626.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-flight-mia-mcpherson-0626.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-flight-mia-mcpherson-0626.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-flight-mia-mcpherson-0626.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":75579,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/28\/photographing-an-immature-ferruginous-hawk-hunting-for-breakfast\/","url_meta":{"origin":95313,"position":5},"title":"Photographing An Immature Ferruginous Hawk Hunting For Breakfast","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning not long after sunrise I spent some time photographing a light morph, immature Ferruginous Hawk hunting for its breakfast.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Light morph immature Ferruginous Hawk flying in front of snow topped mountains","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-light-morph-mia-mcpherson-6507.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-light-morph-mia-mcpherson-6507.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-light-morph-mia-mcpherson-6507.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ferruginous-hawk-immature-light-morph-mia-mcpherson-6507.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}