Marsh hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted October 20, 2012121 views6 comments

A Northern Harrier that was taken last Fall in the central flyway on the Platte river.

D300s
70-300mm
ISO 200
300mm
1/500 @ f/7.1
HH

Thanks for looking.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM

Good details, POV, and I like comp John.
You've managed the strong difectional light well, nice catch

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on October 20, 2012 at 5:51 PM

Nice image. I've rarely seen them perched anywhere but on the ground. I didn't realize how sharp that 70-300 is at 300.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 20, 2012 at 6:16 PM

John,

I believe this is a young (note the light eyes) dark juvenile Harlan's Hawk (Red-tailed Hawk variant), notice that the primaries are barred to the tips, and the checkered pattern at the leading edge of the underside of the wing. There is no owl-like facial disc and the general shape of the bird plus plumage pattern to match a Northern Harrier ID.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on October 20, 2012 at 7:46 PM

Nice wing spread. Could go a bit brighter.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on October 21, 2012 at 12:26 AM

Mia, thank you so much for your ID. I am a big fan of your photography and always try to visit your blog daily.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 21, 2012 at 10:08 AM

My pleasure to help out with the ID John. If you like to laugh be sure to check out my blog post for today. I am still laughing ;-)

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