I have been fortunate enough to see a variety of harriers on CA coast, the juveniles birds have a ark molt and soft feathers after fledging, the females have dark brown eyes. As they get older the under-wings brighten up and the pupil becomes bright yellow in a full grown adult. This is an adolescent female, you can see the feathers have started to have distinct definition/pattern especially around the neck area and the eye is a orangish yellow. Hope you like this frame
D5 and 600E FL +TC14E-III ISO 800 f/5.6 at 1/3200 sec. hand held and processed with C1P


