Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice sequence of images, Doug. It is not often that we get to see the details of the daily lives of your subjects. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:03 PM 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >