A ferruginous full moon
A fun capture from this morning of this ferruginous hawk with the near-full setting moon behind it. These are some of my favorite raptors. They are quite tolerant making them…
Ferruginous hawk’s fall flyby of the Rocky Mountains
Normally I would have never bothered to take this shot given how far away the ferruginous hawk was. However, I was hoping I might get something interesting with the landscape…
Ferruginous hawk stands at attention
I’m not so sure it was happy to see me but I was pleased to spot my first ferruginous hawk of the season this past weekend. It had staked out…
Ferruginous hawk stakes out a piece of ground
Ready and waiting for a meal, this ferruginous was sitting in a prairie dog colony yesterday morning. The hawks do this and wait for some poor, unsuspecting victim to pop…
Ferruginous hawk performs a flyby with the Rocky Mountains
A similar shot to what I shared yesterday but with an aerial take on the scene. These hawks are just gorgeous and quite common on the plains in the winter.…
“Why are you pointing that thing at me?”
A ferruginous hawk seems a bit perplexed as to why I would be taking its picture. Taken a couple weeks ago on a cold and frosty morning on the Colorado…