{"id":97804,"date":"2021-12-01T05:47:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=97804"},"modified":"2021-12-01T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T13:20:07","slug":"ferruginous-hawk-in-bright-morning-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/12\/01\/ferruginous-hawk-in-bright-morning-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferruginous Hawk In Bright Morning Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FerruginousFerruginous Hawk bathed in bright morning light \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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I took this photo of a Ferruginous Hawk bathed in bright morning light back in October while I was out driving on dirt roads of the West Desert of Utah. There is nothing “super” special about this photo of a hawk perched on a wooden fence post except to me.<\/p>\n

I watched this Ferruginous Hawk and the setting Hunter’s Moon<\/span><\/a> at the same time that morning. It was quiet, peaceful, and I had this handsome raptor all to myself for a bit as I focused on it and the moon as it dipped lower and lower on the horizon. I was able to photograph this bird of prey in low light conditions then in a few moments the morning light bathed the bird in brighter morning light.<\/p>\n

It just felt great to be there in that moment with this very calm and relaxed Ferruginous Hawk. The kind of feeling where you take a deep breath and smile because it feels so right. Knowing with every fiber of my being that I belonged out in the desert, feeling the cool air, watching the moon set over the mountains, doing what I love and sharing it with a wild, feathered thing.<\/p>\n

So, yes, it is just another bird on a stick photo but it is so much more to me.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Three frames after this photo was taken I had to move my Jeep to the side of the road because there was another vehicle coming down the road. I missed photographing the young raptor taking off into the sky but that is okay. I watched it take off through my windshield.<\/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":"

I took this photo of a Ferruginous Hawk bathed in bright morning light back in October while I was out driving on dirt roads of the West Desert of Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,1069,358,26,1314],"tags":[970,2663,4268,2497,4098,4620,898,2092,7017,4033,4169,2386,4067,2670,4099,153,8917,4193],"class_list":["post-97804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-ferruginous-hawks","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-autumn","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-regalis","tag-buteos","tag-desert","tag-fall","tag-fence-post","tag-ferruginous-hawk","tag-foothills","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-immature","tag-light-morph","tag-morning-light","tag-raptors","tag-wooden-post","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