Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:12:02 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

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
>> 
>> 
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