Avian Image of the Week for the week ending Aug. 16th, 2013: David Salem - Harrier in Color

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations David!

Took this last winter at my local wildlife refuge when the Harrier's were in the area. They come to this spot in good numbers and it's lots of fun standing at the bank of a pond with a few friends trying to catch a good one.
I like this one because it has many colors in the BG that shows a bit of the landscape that these raptors like to hunt in. Mostly wet marshy areas.
Many older books call them by their nickname, Marsh Hawk. That's what I knew them as when I was growing up.

1DMKIV---700mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO640---HH@ 8:15 am---30% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. Appreciated.

David

[Marina Scarr]

Congrats on the IOTW, David. This is really a killer image and it's so well deserved!

[Doug Brown]

Congrats on IOTW David!

[Richard Flack]

Congrats David. Loved this image the first time I saw it. Well done!

[Don Lacy]

Congrats david wonderful image

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments and for choosing my image. I am honored.

[Melissa Groo]

Congratulations David! It doesn't get much better than this. Awesome work.

[gail bisson]

Congrats David! Love this one !
Gail