buteo regalis – Feathered Photography

Ferruginous Hawk – Open Your Mouth And Say Aah

And a medical question.

Ferruginous Hawk Returning From A Hunting Foray

First impressions can be deceiving. (2 photos)

Ferruginous Hawk Takeoff And Flight After Prey

A twelve-image series, taken two days ago.

Yesterday’s Ferruginous Hawk And An Unexpected Pirouette

On a recent post I said that I seldom stop to photograph buteos on utility poles but yesterday morning I made an exception for a young Ferruginous Hawk. A dramatic, spinning takeoff made me glad I did. (5 images)

Yesterday I Found The Immature Ferruginous Hawk Again

At least I think it’s the same bird I photographed four days ago. They were in the same area, they were both young birds and they were using the same hunting technique from the same fence line.

Yesterday’s Ferruginous Hawk – The Rest Of The Story

Yesterday I posted a single photo out of a series of photos I took of an immature Ferruginous Hawk two days ago in the west desert. In that post I said I’d be posting more of them very soon. These are those photos.

Ferruginous Hawk In Flight Against A Dark Mountain Background

Yesterday morning a wish I stated out loud actually came true.

Ferruginous Hawk Carrying Unusual Nesting Material Straight At Me

I still don’t know what the nesting material was.

An Uncooperative Ferruginous Hawk

Even when birds don’t cooperate something of value can come of an encounter like this one.

Ferruginous Hawk With Penetrating Eye Contact

There’s just something about direct eye contact from the largest and most powerful hawk in North America. Ferruginous Hawks are thought of as wannabe Golden Eagles for very good reason.

Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk Takeoff And Flight Series

The dark color morph of the Ferruginous Hawk is unusual, significantly less than 10% of the population in North America. Since Ferruginous Hawks of any color are uncommon (Sibley calls them “rare”), the dark morph is a very narrow slice of that uncommon group and Ferruginous Hawks in general are such regal and impressive hawks I’ve been enamored of this bird ever since I found “him” a couple of weeks ago.