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<\/a><\/p>\nCanon 7D, 1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 640, EV – 0.o, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n I have many nice harrier images taken during winter around the marshes of the Great Salt Lake but for me this species has been a nemesis bird during spring and summer.\u00a0 Most of our harriers migrate north in early spring and those that stick around become very difficult to approach.\u00a0 For three summers now I’ve been trying mightily to get a decent flight shot of a harrier to no avail.\u00a0 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done some crazy driving (I’m usually shooting from my truck) trying to intersect the flight path of one of these birds only to have it veer off before it got close.\u00a0 As Mia often says – these birds like to “yank my chains”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, about three weeks ago, this\u00a0male apparently forgot to “yank” and flew relatively\u00a0close to me.\u00a0 I rattled off a burst and got\u00a0this one image that I like.\u00a0 My techs for the image\u00a0weren’t ideal but it still worked out and I’m delighted.\u00a0\u00a0I guess it doesn’t take much to satisfy this\u00a0 bird photographer sometimes…<\/p>\n This post will be a bit of an experiment.\u00a0 I’ll be out of town for a couple of days so I’m preparing the post now\u00a0and will test the delayed posting feature of WordPress.\u00a0 Hope it works.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a single image of a male Northern Harrier in flight but this shot means a lot to me.\u00a0 Canon 7D, 1\/6400, f\/5.6, ISO 640, EV – 0.o, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc I have many nice harrier images taken during winter around the marshes of the Great Salt Lake but for me this species has been a nemesis bird during spring and summer.\u00a0 Most of our harriers migrate north in early spring and those that stick around become very difficult to approach.\u00a0 For three summers now I’ve been trying mightily to get a decent flight shot of a harrier to no avail.\u00a0 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done some crazy driving (I’m usually shooting from my truck) trying to intersect the flight path of one of these birds only to have it veer off before it got close.\u00a0 As Mia often says – these birds like to “yank my chains”.\u00a0\u00a0 Then, about three weeks ago, this\u00a0male apparently forgot to “yank” and flew relatively\u00a0close to me.\u00a0 I rattled off a burst and got\u00a0this one image that I like.\u00a0 My techs for the image\u00a0weren’t ideal but it still worked out and I’m delighted.\u00a0\u00a0I guess it doesn’t take much to satisfy this\u00a0 bird photographer sometimes… This post will be a bit of an experiment.\u00a0 I’ll be out of town for a couple of days so I’m preparing the post now\u00a0and will test the delayed posting feature of WordPress.\u00a0 Hope it works. Ron \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n