Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Henning! Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> >Sent: Oct 22, 2012 7:53 PM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier > >Great images once again, Doug. I particularly like 04 and 06. > >Henning > > > >On 2012-10-20, at 9:03 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information