Soaring Ferruginous Hawk

by Judi Dressler

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Soaring Ferruginous Hawk

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Judi Dressler

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Photograph - Photography

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This beautiful Ferruginous Hawk imprinted on humans as a baby, so cannot be let go into the wild, as he would not survive. The hawk is being kept by an organization that takes care of raptors and uses them as ambassadors to educate children and adults.

I had the opportunity of photographing him as part of a workshop. This is my favorite shot, of him flying towards me, with the snowy Rocky Mountains as a backdrop.

This regal bird is the largest of our American soaring Buteo hawks, and is found in prairies, deserts, and open range of the West. The regal-looking Ferruginous Hawk hunts from a lone tree, rock outcrop, or from high in the sky, and swoops down to catch ground squirrels, snakes, young jackrabbits, and other good-sized prey, sometimes even standing above prairie dog or ground squirrel burrows to wait for prey to emerge. The ferruginous hawk soars with its broad wings held in a shallow V, and It is often seen sitting on the ground in open fields.

Photo taken October 11, 2019, near Castle Rock, Colorado.

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