I headed to SoCal to visit wife's family for holidays, and I managed to sneak out for a bit of shooting. I ran into David Salem, and we enjoyed a pretty incredibly encounter with this female Merlin.
Perched on this snag, she was shortly pushed off by a female kestrel only to return 2 minutes later. I was in much better position for the second turn when she really started to rip the prey apart!
Canon 600mm f/4 IS v2 + 1.4x III on EOS 1DX2
1/3200 at f/5.6, ISO 800, handheld from car
Processed in LR CC
Also, for anyone interested, I always put together a small 'year in review' gallery (23 shots) on my website, so here's a link to that if anyone wants to check it out. I've posted almost all of the
shots here, but I think it's really cool to see them all in one place. It think it gives a nice window to how I see the avian spectrum - large, small, flying, sitting, drab, colorful, arctic, tropical, etc....
https://www.dorianandersonphotograph...018-Favorites/
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