Western Red-tailed hawk – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cliff Face and a Banking Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|April 20th, 2016|Categories: Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, banking, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, cliff face, Gray's Biscuitroot, hawks, Hawks of Utah, Lomatium grayi, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

This banking Red-tailed Hawk is one of the pair that are busy building their nest and making nearby forays to find nesting materials.

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Red-tailed Hawk just after lift off

By Mia McPherson|June 20th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, lift off, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

This Red-tailed Hawk image was taken last week in the Centennial Valley of Montana just after the hawk lifted off from a power pole.

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Simple Red-tailed Hawk photo from Montana

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: adult, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, molt, molting, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, sky, summer, valley, Western Red-tailed hawk|

This adult Red-tailed flew by at close range which gave me a very nice view of the underside of its wing that shows it was also molting though it didn't look as raggedy as some of the other adult Red-tailed Hawks looked.

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Adult Red-tailed Hawk on a ridge

By Mia McPherson|March 29th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawks, Hawks of Utah, lift off, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, ridge, Western Red-tailed hawk|

Tooele County beckoned yesterday and I am glad it did because of coming across this adult Red-tailed Hawk.

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Concentration – Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile

By Mia McPherson|November 8th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: Beaverhead County, birding, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, fence post, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk, wooden post|

This juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was concentrating on some thing on the ground when I photographed it.

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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk – From lift off to flight

By Mia McPherson|November 3rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: autumn, Buteo jamaicensis, crouching, Davis County, desert island, fall, flight, flying, immature, juvenile, lift off, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rocks, Western Red-tailed hawk, young|

I went out into the west desert of Utah this morning hoping to take images of the raptors I thought I would find there to do a post on but some days though the birds are few and those that you find just aren't cooperative

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Red-tailed Hawk Delight

By Mia McPherson|September 30th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, raptors, red tail hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

I had another great day with juvenile Red-tailed Hawks on Antelope Island State Park last week.

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More Raptor Rapture – Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile

By Mia McPherson|September 9th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, focused, hawks, immature, juvenile, landing, lift off, perched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

These juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) images were taken on two consecutive days last week. I'm always excited to have a bird in my view finder and when I can photograph hawks for two days in a row... I feel raptor rapture.

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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in landing pose

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, hawks, immature, juvenile, landing, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

I had fun yesterday photographing this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) as it perched on rocks and hunted for prey. This image shows the Red-tailed coming in for a landing.

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Fun with a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Red-tailed Hawks|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, fence, flight, hatch year bird, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Montana, immature, juvenile, lift off, perched, raptor, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk|

While I was away in Montana for eight days starting last week I had a fantastic time photographing this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.

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The Price for these Red-tailed Hawk Images

By Mia McPherson|August 2nd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: bird photography, birding, birds, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, immature, juvenile, lift off, perched, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Red-tailed hawk, wildlife photography|

After having driven around the north end of the island we headed south thinking there probably wouldn't be much to shoot there... until I spotted this juvenile Red-tailed Hawk perching on some of the darker rocks on the island.

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