2204_1004 Ferruginous Hawk: rare dark-morph
Usually I allow new images to sit for a while, because I don't always know at first which are the best. But yesterday I got lucky with a dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk - the first I've ever seen - so I have plucked this from the 75 frames I shot, and will upload others at a later date if I find one I like better.
They are rare. Most Ferruginous Hawks in my area are much paler, and I will post another from yesterday of the common light version, which is mostly white with rufous markings. For now, I am content to look at this one looking at me. It made several low passes toward me, which made the focus tracking easy.
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2204_1004 Ferruginous Hawk: rare dark-morph
Usually I allow new images to sit for a while, because I don't always know at first which are the best. But yesterday I got lucky with a dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk - the first I've ever seen - so I have plucked this from the 75 frames I shot, and will upload others at a later date if I find one I like better.
They are rare. Most Ferruginous Hawks in my area are much paler, and I will post another from yesterday of the common light version, which is mostly white with rufous markings. For now, I am content to look at this one looking at me. It made several low passes toward me, which made the focus tracking easy.
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.