{"id":40810,"date":"2016-07-15T05:29:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T11:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40810"},"modified":"2016-07-15T05:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T11:39:46","slug":"a-serendipitous-male-northern-harrier-and-my-trip-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/15\/a-serendipitous-male-northern-harrier-and-my-trip-from-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"A Serendipitous Male Northern Harrier (and my trip from hell…)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my camping trips I’ve learned to expect the unexpected, both good and bad. But so far this trip has been over the top with the latter.<\/p>\n

Two days ago a family of Prairie Falcons followed my pickup for miles through a remote area of the Centennial Valley and every time one of them would fly in fairly close I’d frantically try to maneuver my truck into position to get some flight shots. But something went wrong every time it happened.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But this male Northern Harrier unexpectedly saved the day. He seemed to come out of nowhere and flew in closer than any of the falcons ever did to check me out. He even chose to approach my pickup on the side with good light and banked slightly\u00a0as he passed which allowed me to get several photos that I like pretty well. Harriers in the valley are unusually skittish so I was happy to get the shots.<\/p>\n

But so far this trip has mostly been a very difficult and frustrating one for me for the following reasons:<\/p>\n