Fabulous ferruginous hawk takes flight
Pop! That is exactly what this gorgeous raptor does against that beautiful blue Colorado sky. This time of year you see these guys a lot on the plains, in many…
Dark morph ferruginous hawk shows off its beautiful plumage
Ferruginous hawks are probably my favorite hawk to photograph and the rarer dark morph variety are a notch above. You have the bright yellow gape that ferruginous are known for…
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…