{"id":83155,"date":"2020-03-23T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=83155"},"modified":"2020-03-23T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:20:25","slug":"northern-harrier-harassing-a-ferruginous-hawk-on-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/23\/northern-harrier-harassing-a-ferruginous-hawk-on-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Harrier Harassing A Ferruginous Hawk On The Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sort of a David versus Goliath scenario.<\/p>\n

Note: I rambled shamelessly in yesterday’s post so today’s edition of Feathered Photography will be mercifully shorter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This may be the only time I’ve documented a Northern Harrier harassing a Ferruginous Hawk on the ground. The Ferrug was minding its own business when the harrier took exception to the presence of the much larger predator in its hunting territory and buzzed it repeatedly, coming to within only a couple of feet of the much larger hawk. In this shot I captured the Ferrug in an interesting defensive posture.<\/p>\n

There’s a dramatic size difference between the 3 1\/2 lb. Ferrug and the 15 oz. harrier. I couldn’t help but be impressed that the cheeky harrier had the nerve to take on a potentially ferocious rival that was almost 4 times larger by weight than itself.<\/p>\n

But that’s an old story in the raptor world. Smaller generally means faster and more agile and the harrier knew it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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