Ferruginous Hawk Images, Facts and Information:
Buteo regalis
- Light morph Ferruginous Hawks have bright white underparts, pale gray heads, rusty upperparts and rusty feathered legs. Dark morph Ferruginous Hawks are mostly a rich, chocolatey brown.
- Ferruginous Hawks are short to medium distance migrants, some populations are year round residents.
- Ferruginous Hawks are the largest hawks found in North America. They are one of two species of North American buteos that have feathered legs all the way to their toes.
- They inhabit low elevation, open areas in the western United States and some locations in southwestern Canada in open grasslands, sagebrush steppe, deserts and saltbush-greasewood shrublands.
- Ferruginous Hawks prey on rabbits, hares, prairie dogs, ground squirrels and when those prey items are scarce they will also eat fledgling birds, reptiles and amphibians.
- Ferruginous Hawks lay 1 to 8 eggs which hatch in 28 to 33 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of hawks can be called a “tower”, “knot”, “spiraling”, “stream” or “kettle” of hawks.
- Ferruginous Hawks can live up to 20 years.
I hope that you enjoy viewing my Ferruginous Hawk photos.
Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk between power lines
Title: Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk between power lines
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/13/2013
Adult Ferruginous Hawk gliding in for a landing
Title: Adult Ferruginous Hawk gliding in for a landing
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2013
Landing Ferruginous Hawk
Title: Landing Ferruginous Hawk
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2013
Ferruginous Hawk chicks in their nest
Title: Ferruginous Hawk chicks in their nest
Location: Madison County, Montana
Date: 6/6/2013
Ferruginous Hawk chicks and adult in their nest
Title: Ferruginous Hawk chicks and adult in their nest
Location: Madison County, Montana
Date: 6/6/2013
Royal Ferruginous Hawk surveying its kingdom
Title: Royal Ferruginous Hawk surveying its kingdom
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/16/2012
Ferruginous Hawk juvenile
Title: Ferruginous Hawk juvenile
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2012
Ferruginous Hawk in grasses
Title: Ferruginous Hawk in grasses
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2012
Young Ferruginous Hawk in flight
Title: Young Ferruginous Hawk in flight
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2012
Ferruginous Hawk perched on a fence post
Title: Ferruginous Hawk perched on a fence post
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/22/2012
Ferruginous Hawk lifting off from an old fence post
Title: Ferruginous Hawk lifting off from an old fence post
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2011
Ferruginous Hawk pushing off from an old fence post
Title: Ferruginous Hawk pushing off from an old fence post
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2011
Ferruginous Hawk getting its balance on an old fence post
Title: Ferruginous Hawk getting its balance on an old fence post
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2011
Ferruginous Hawk lifting its wings on an old fence post
Title: Ferruginous Hawk lifting its wings on an old fence post
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2011
Ferruginous Hawk in flight pano
Title: Ferruginous Hawk in flight pano
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/6/2011
Flight shot of Ferruginous Hawk with wings down
Title: Flight shot of Ferruginous Hawk with wings down
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/6/2011
Flight shot of Ferruginous Hawk with wings up
Title: Flight shot of Ferruginous Hawk with wings up
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/6/2011
Ferruginous Hawk lift off from a weather monitoring station
Title: Ferruginous Hawk lift off from a weather monitoring station
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 11/6/2011