Ferruginous Hawk Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Ferruginous Hawks are one of my favorite birds, hands down. They are SO aptly named..."Buteo regalis". They are such, large, gorgeous, elegant-looking birds. Many a time when coming across them in winter, my first thought upon seeing them from a distance is "Snowy Owl", given the gorgeous, brilliantly white underparts they have. Here's one of my favorite flight photos of these beautiful birds.

Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis


Ferruginous Hawk 1	Ferruginous Hawk 2	Ferruginous Hawk 3	Ferruginous Hawk 4
December 9th, 2005	December 9th, 2005	February 16th, 2004	November 28th, 2003
Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota
Front view of bird on wooden post with snowy backdrop	Front view of bird on wooden post with snowy backdrop	Over-the-shoulder look at hawk on wooden fence post	Gorgeous dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk on fence post

Ferruginous Hawk 5	Ferruginous Hawk 6	Ferruginous Hawk 7	Ferruginous Hawk 8
November 11th, 2004	February 16th, 2009	December 9th, 2005	January 17th, 2010
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Ferruginous Hawk taking flight with full wing spread	Ferruginous Hawk in flight on a sunny blue sky day	Hawk pushing off and taking flight from fence post on a sunny day	Head-on view of hawk sitting on top of a telephone pole

Ferruginous Hawk 9	Ferruginous Hawk 10	Ferruginous Hawk 11	Ferruginous Hawk 12
December 9th, 2005	December 9th, 2005	January 17th, 2010	January 17th, 2010
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Profile of Ferruginous Hawk in flight	Hawk in flight with bright blue sky background	Bird giving a wary look as it flies past	Hawk in flight with wings on a downbeat

Ferruginous Hawk 13	Ferruginous Hawk 14	Ferruginous Hawk 15	Ferruginous Hawk 16
January 17th, 2010	November 27th, 2010	November 27th, 2010	January 2004
Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota
Dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk on telephone pole	Hawk perched on top of a telephone pole	Bird perched on top of a telephone pole	Ferruginous Hawk and grassland habitat on a wintry day

Ferruginous Hawk 17	Ferruginous Hawk 18	Ferruginous Hawk 19	Ferruginous Hawk 20
November 27th, 2011	November 27th, 2011	November 27th, 2011	November 27th, 2011
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota
Ferruginous Hawk on hay bale in warm evening sun	Ferruginous Hawk on hay bale in warm evening sun	Profile of hawk sitting on wooden fence post with barbed wire fencing	Profile of hawk sitting on wooden fence post with barbed wire fencing

Ferruginous Hawk 21	Ferruginous Hawk 22	Ferruginous Hawk 23	Ferruginous Hawk 24
November 27th, 2011	March 18th, 2011	January 1st, 2013	February 3rd, 2013
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota	Near Kennebec, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota
Intense stare towards camera from hawk on a fence post	Over the shoulder look at bird sitting on telephone pole	Head-on view of hawk with great eye contact	Wings spread on a hawk taking flight

Ferruginous Hawk 25	Ferruginous Hawk 26	Ferruginous Hawk 27	Ferruginous Hawk 28
January 18th, 2015	January 9th, 2019	January 9th, 2019	January 9th, 2019
Lyman County, South Dakota	Jones County, South Dakota	Jones County, South Dakota	Jones County, South Dakota
Ferruginous Hawk taking flight from a wooden fence post	Hawk on the hunt over a prairie dog town in winter	Mature hawk perched on post on edge of a prairie dog town	Hunting Ferruginous Hawk as it looks down over a prairie dog town

Ferruginous Hawk 29	Ferruginous Hawk 30	Ferruginous Hawk 31
January 9th, 2019	December 28th, 2016	November 17th, 2019
Jones County, South Dakota	Jones County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Bird staring directly into the camera	Dark morph Ferruginous Hawk in flight	Hawk perched in the top of a tree