{"id":22045,"date":"2014-02-12T05:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=22045"},"modified":"2014-02-12T05:18:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T12:18:21","slug":"grumpy-wet-and-cold-northern-harrier-drying-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/12\/grumpy-wet-and-cold-northern-harrier-drying-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumpy, Wet and Cold Northern Harrier Drying Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a look and pose I’ve\u00a0noticed fairly often from Red-tailed Hawks in conditions like this but I rarely see\u00a0the same from a harrier.<\/p>\n

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\"northern<\/a><\/p>\n

1\/800, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I\u00a0came across\u00a0this bird about six weeks ago at Farmington as it was attempting to dry its feathers in a very weak sun (poor light, as you can see – not much light in the eye either) after a morning of hunting for voles in the snow.\u00a0 When they make repeated attempts at prey in snow that isn’t particularly cold their feathers become wet and abused and must be dried out.\u00a0 When they attempt to do so they often strike rather unusual poses.<\/p>\n

This bird was\u00a0close to the road and apparently didn’t much appreciate the occasional traffic noise in the snow but it was reluctant to abandon its task so it held its ground (post) and just glared back at the moving vehicles when they came along.\u00a0 I like how well defined some of the feather groups are here (especially the mantle on the upper back)\u00a0and as you can see in the\u00a0primary feathers\u00a0this harrier needs to dry out and do some preening.<\/p>\n

Not a great image but I enjoy\u00a0seeing this kind of behavior.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a look and pose I’ve noticed fairly often from Red-tailed Hawks in conditions like this but I rarely see the same from a harrier.<\/p>\n

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