Northern Harrier

This male was shot at Half Moon Bay California. The vole population is very healthy and this field is frequented by several species of raptor.

Good in-flight shot.

Nice shot

Great timing Bobby, and nice definition. The adult males are much harder to track down than their mates.

Nice capture !

Excellent shot...beautiful light on this bird!

Nicely done...

Excellent shot, tough bird to get close to.

Great catch. That is one of the better shots of this bird I have seen. They aren't shy here, they just spend a lot of time out over the little islands in the river, hunting the rats that live there. So you can't normally get close to them.

nice shot of a bird tha's hard to get under.

marsh hawks i see are usually coasting 8 feet or less off the ground!

Sindri Skulason wrote in post #8650743
Good in-flight shot.

Thanks Sindri.

artyman wrote in post #8650873
Nice shot

Thank you

davebreal wrote in post #8650934
Great timing Bobby, and nice definition. The adult males are much harder to track down than their mates.

Thanks , they sure are.

Tiger1 wrote in post #8651358
Nice capture !

Thanks for viewing.

ajosteve wrote in post #8653136
Excellent shot...beautiful light on this bird!

Thanks, late light was lovely off the Pacific.

Stormin_24 wrote in post #8653452
Nicely done...

Thank you.

Paul A wrote in post #8656197
Excellent shot, tough bird to get close to.

Thanks, yes they are.

canonloader wrote in post #8656309
Great catch. That is one of the better shots of this bird I have seen. They aren't shy here, they just spend a lot of time out over the little islands in the river, hunting the rats that live there. So you can't normally get close to them.

Thanks, I was lucky to have several hunting a field I was in.

terryger wrote in post #8657081
nice shot of a bird tha's hard to get under.

marsh hawks i see are usually coasting 8 feet or less off the ground!

Thanks, I thought I was the only one calling them marsh hawks.

Nicely done.