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Northern Harrier
mjmw

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Having delayed a trip to Maine because of winter weather I went out locally and spent some time with this Harrier - I only managed 4 frames in 3 hours and only this one is OK....but the experience was fantastic. I love spending time with raptors and owls!

1/1600, f6.3, ISO 800, manually dialled, beanbag on car window, full frame.
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Habitat
Marsh
Location
Plum Island, MA
Date taken
Feb 2008
Scientific name
Circus hudsonius
Equipment used
Canon 1D2N, 500/4 IS, 1.4x
Deanneart
This is fabulous! Brilliant shot, make me jealous why don't you?

Not too many birds here today at all but an American Tree Sparrow showed up for a few minutes and I've not seen one all season. Also had a juvie Cooper's hanging about from 7:00AM until 8 or so but it was still heavy overcast and too far for my 100/400 so no good pics of that either.
 
psilo
Such a majestic bird. Love how he is watching you. Great shot Mark :t: :t:
 
mali
Yup, this fella is weighing you up Mark. Superb aerial image of a beautiful creature, good work.
 

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