![Ferruginous hawk is all eyes as it comes in for a landing Ferruginous hawk is all eyes as it comes in for a landing](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2024/02-11-2023-Arsenal-Scenes-Great-Horned-Owl-Ferruginous-Hawks/i-qPsM2Tq/0/FBShK8tWR8HJGshvR3b3879DCns9Bn9mNV9Lzvj3C/X4/20240211%2008-18-27%200121-Edit-2-X4.jpg)
Focus! It is Monday and you must remain focused! 😉
These hawks are some of my favorites and given the rarity of the dark morph variety, getting a capture of one is a highlight – particularly a flight shot. To see a dark morph ferruginous perched, that bright yellow mouth gape stands out, more so on a normal plumage ferruginous. But, to see them fly, you then get to really take in the best part – those gorgeous white feathers on its underside. You would never know they were there otherwise and they really pop next to its predominantly dark plumage.