What else, I have never seen a male, how weird is that, where do they go?
1/1600, f6.3, iso800, 600mm (300f2.8 w/ 2x), D800, Handheld
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Northern Harrier Female
What else, I have never seen a male, how weird is that, where do they go?
1/1600, f6.3, iso800, 600mm (300f2.8 w/ 2x), D800, Handheld
DSC_3761bp6.jpg
Dan Kearl
Excellent flight shot Dan, love the eye contact.
Super BIF shot Dan, I like the BG, the soft light and the eye contact!
Nicely done Dan, I like the wing positions. I really like being able to see detail in the shadow area under the near wing. Nice and sharp for HH and a 2x.
Dan,
Great flight shot. You have very good detail which I think is difficult to get with a harrier. You may have seen immature males, they are mostly brown like the females. The adult males are out there but avoid people.
Very nice Dan. Nice and clear and it looks like she came by pretty close. Even though she is doing the standard "look down" you captured the eye well which makes this shot. Well done!
I have a refuge that I have been shooting harriers at two or three mornings a week for months. Probably 15-20 individuals in a four square mile area. We see many birds each morning but only see a male once a week or two and only one mature adult male (the grey ghost) every month or so. Maybe thats why they call them a ghost. I often ask the same question, where do they go?
Excellent flight pose with very nice wing position,great colors and details.
I like the two tone BG and composition.Love the way she is looking at you.
Regards,
Satish.
nice pose and details.
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nice flight pose,sharp,good details.
Nice shot and details on the bird. How are you finding the 300 f2,8 and the 2x TC
In my areas harriers are now starting their courting displays and male and female can be seen flying together. Not sure if its breeding season there too!
Very nice flight shot Dan. Looks like she came by nice and close. I might lower the blues a bit and see how the far wing looks.
From my winter time observations of the males in our area the males seem to get harassed by the larger females and se'd owls. I see them flying further afield. Another thing I have noticed about them is they sort of have a route. Often after about an hour they will pass by again.
Excellent flight pose and sharp details.
Nice image.
Males only occasional up on Ridgefield. You need to go elsewhere if its males you want -- there are many down in the southern Willamette Valley near Finely NWR.
Very nice shot.
If you come over to the coast in Clatsop County, I can guarantee that you would see several in a day. Either in Brownsmead or the Clatsop Spit (the section of land created by the Columbia River South Jetty at Fort Stevens State Park). The adult males are harder to see purely based on the odds created by immature males and adult females sharing the same plumage, therefore creating the effect that males are much harder to see.
Nice flight image, the eye contact is cool.
lovely details
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