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Rufous Morph Red-tailed Hawk Taking Flight Photos

By Mia McPherson|March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, altitude, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, crouching, female, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, lifting off, pushing off, raising wings, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rufous, rufous morph, sequence, taking flight|

By the time I took this next image in the series the Red-tailed Hawk had straightened her legs, her wings were high over her body and she was pushing off from the rock.

Long-billed Curlew Wing Lift in Motion

By Mia McPherson|May 11th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, behavior, bird photography, curlew, curlews, grasses, Long-billed Curlew, male, motion, Numenius americanus, sequence, shorebird, shorebirds, slide show, slideshow, wing lift, wing lift motion|

I had some fun with this Long-billed Curlew yesterday after the clouds thinned and the sunshine fell consistently on Antelope Island State Park.