{"id":56516,"date":"2018-02-09T05:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=56516"},"modified":"2018-02-09T05:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:13:28","slug":"northern-harrier-hunting-and-in-flight-with-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/09\/northern-harrier-hunting-and-in-flight-with-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Harrier Hunting And In Flight With Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

I photographed this harrier hovering over prey and then flying off with the vole it caught immediately after.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two years ago this month I encountered this Northern Harrier as I was driving home along the causeway to Antelope Island. When this shot was taken the hawk was just beginning to hover over prey in the\u00a0dense vegetation below as indicated by the hyperextended wings, fanned tail and lowered head.\u00a0I wish I had better\u00a0light on the face but I do like the flight posture and the water colors in the background. The shoreline of the Great Salt Lake was actually at this approximate angle so I didn’t rotate the image to make it appear level which also would have put the bird\u00a0at an unrealistic flight angle.<\/p>\n

The harrier\u00a0dove on the prey but the vegetation was so thick I couldn’t see the bird clearly on the ground.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When it lifted off it had a vole in its right foot but it flew off exactly away from me so I only got butt shots at first. I like this photo mostly because of the good look at the vole.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But eventually it turned to head west which gave me this peekaboo shot as it looked back at me under its wing. I don’t like the shadow across the face but at least I got light in the eye.<\/p>\n

I rarely photograph harriers in flight with prey so I was happy to get these last two photos despite their obvious\u00a0shortcomings and I think the bit of extraneous vegetation the hawk picked up with the vole actually adds interest.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I photographed this harrier hovering over prey and then flying off with the vole it caught immediately after.<\/p>\n

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