{"id":9650,"date":"2013-09-29T04:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:32:52","slug":"playing-favorites-rough-legged-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/29\/playing-favorites-rough-legged-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Favorites – Rough-legged Hawk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RoughieRough-legged Hawk on a rock – Nikon D300, f9, 1\/640, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 357mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Rough-legged Hawks\u00a0are on their way south from their Arctic breeding grounds and will soon be making their appearance here in Utah.<\/p>\n

Over the past week the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains above the valley have gone from sporting\u00a0bits of\u00a0fall color to having some snow at the top.<\/p>\n

I’ve enjoyed looking up at the mountains each evening and seeing the snow glow pink as the sun sets.\u00a0Seeing that\u00a0snow reminds me… the Roughies are coming!<\/p>\n

My series of photos of this Rough-legged Hawk taken at Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> are some of my favorite images because the hawk was very cooperative.<\/p>\n

I was the one who first spotted the Roughie and pointed it out. After that, I photographed them and observed their behavior and the fine details in their plumage for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

I took tons of images of the young hawk and can’t pick a favorite among them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Rough-legged Hawks are on their way south from their Arctic breeding grounds and will soon be making their appearance here in Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158587,"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":[511,27,1022,1087,26],"tags":[970,2663,4275,2497,11978,4620,4033,4169,4067,2670,4104,153,4921,1648,4836,4193],"class_list":["post-9650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-rough-legged-hawks","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-lagopus","tag-buteos","tag-desert-island","tag-fall","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-immature","tag-light-morph","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-rock","tag-rough-legged-hawk","tag-roughies","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