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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:40:42 +0100
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Doug

Great images as always, you must have the patience of a saint to sit there 
and capture them. I think the one coming up as 'noharr06' is absolutely 
stunning.

Best wishes,

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 21 Oct 2012, at 10:35, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> A feast for the eyes Doug - no watermarks needed once more, this is the 
> Immense Doug Herr, Birdman of Sacramento.
> 
> Thank you so much for sharing the produce of your talents :-)
> 
> The whole series is amazing!
> 
> Amiti?s
> Philippe
> 
> Le 21 oct. 12 ? 06:03, Doug Herr a ?crit :
> 
>> 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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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier)
Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] IMG: Northern Harrier)