[Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier

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Yeah Doug, that is one awesome photo.  You really know your birds!

Leo  

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On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 9:52 AM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net 
wrote:

> Aram Langhans wrote:
>  
> Great, as usual, Doug, but this one is super
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr06.html
> <<<
>  
> Thanks all for looking and for your comments.
>  
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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>  
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Doug Herr
> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 9:03 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org (mailto:lug at leica-users.org)
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier
>  
> The Northern Harrier (Circus cyan's) is a hawk found in North America most 
>  
> often in open fields or marshes, where it hunts for mice and small birds 
> by  
> cruising barely above the tops of vegetation, and coming upon a tasty
> morsel  
> drops suddenly onto the critter before it has time to react.
>  
> I spotted a male Northern Harrier this morning in the Yolo Bypass wildlife 
>  
> area, apparently hunting for breakfast:
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr03.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr04.html
>  
> Nearby a female Northern Harrier, larger than the male, and brown instead
> of  
> gray, was feasting on the remains of an American Coot:
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr05.html
>  
> I don't know how the Coot came to be a meal, whether by Harrier or by 
> other  
> causes, but the male decided he wanted some too:
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr06.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr07.html
>  
> but the tables quickly turned
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr08.html
>  
> and the male Harrier, overpowered by the bigger female, flew a short  
> distance away to wait while SWMBO had her fill:
>  
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr09.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr10.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/noharr11.html
>  
> All photos: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Novoflex/Telyt, most with monopod and  
> several cropped considerably. All comments welcome.
>  
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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