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Gray ghost surprise!!
It's always good to wash your fruit in the morning. You may ask...."But why?".....The answer...because it means you're facing your big sliding glass doors and might spot something wonderful out in the open space behind your house. That's exactly what happened. I saw a hawk come swooping in and land right behind my fence. I assumed it was our resident red-tailed hawk.....but when I went over to look...it was flying away from me and I could see it had a white patch on top of it's tail which could only mean a Northern Harrier. However, what I didn't expect was that it was a MALE harrier or as many call it a Grey ghost!!! We have never seen a male harrier hunting behind our house. I made some inaudible sounds with my excitement.....grabbed my camera and bolted out of the back door. I really didn't expect it to hang around very long, and it didn't. It flew out of sight, but then back in sight, and then repeated this numerous times. Finally he started making some circles and made a few passes right in front of me. He also managed to fly with some very nice fall colors behind him in the distance. I will have a few more to share, but here are some of my favorites.
Nikon Z9 with Nikkor 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 lens at 600mm, 1/1600sec, F8, various ISO's from 360 to 720, handheld and cropped. (Please view images large for best details) Nov 16 2024 Northern Colorado
I rarely see male Northern Harriers on the Sumas Prairie, so this is likely the same bird I saw last month.
Mr Mxyzptlk, Livewire, Underbroker, The Penguin, Batman, Gray Ghost, Scarecrow, The Ventriloquist and Vengeance (Bane's daughter)
this was taken in a more hospitable season..........at this moment (4:50am) it's -28ËšC with a windchill of -37ËšC and that's nothing cause the mercury is still falling............March, eh?
An adult male Northern Harrier shoots me a look while searching for a meal at the Prince George Airport.
This male Northern harrier seems to be giving me "the eye" as the sun is rising. This is at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado, near the East entrance. I waited 20-minutes for the sun to rise and he cooperated, than goodness.
Gray ghost surprise!!
It's always good to wash your fruit in the morning. You may ask...."But why?".....The answer...because it means you're facing your big sliding glass doors and might spot something wonderful out in the open space behind your house. That's exactly what happened. I saw a hawk come swooping in and land right behind my fence. I assumed it was our resident red-tailed hawk.....but when I went over to look...it was flying away from me and I could see it had a white patch on top of it's tail which could only mean a Northern Harrier. However, what I didn't expect was that it was a MALE harrier or as many call it a Grey ghost!!! We have never seen a male harrier hunting behind our house. I made some inaudible sounds with my excitement.....grabbed my camera and bolted out of the back door. I really didn't expect it to hang around very long, and it didn't. It flew out of sight, but then back in sight, and then repeated this numerous times. Finally he started making some circles and made a few passes right in front of me. He also managed to fly with some very nice fall colors behind him in the distance. I will have a few more to share, but here are some of my favorites.
Nikon Z9 with Nikkor 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 lens at 600mm, 1/1600sec, F8, various ISO's from 360 to 720, handheld and cropped. (Please view images large for best details) Nov 16 2024 Northern Colorado
This female Northern Harrier was taking a rest brake after coursing through part of Steigerwald wildlife refuge.
Thanks for the title change Tracy :) I love it & its so true
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Northern Harrier ,this beauty buzzed me so close that he filled my frame at 500 mm. I was surprised as he came from behind as i turned there he was. Stay tuned for more of this beauty.
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Gray ghost surprise!!
It's always good to wash your fruit in the morning. You may ask...."But why?".....The answer...because it means you're facing your big sliding glass doors and might spot something wonderful out in the open space behind your house. That's exactly what happened. I saw a hawk come swooping in and land right behind my fence. I assumed it was our resident red-tailed hawk.....but when I went over to look...it was flying away from me and I could see it had a white patch on top of it's tail which could only mean a Northern Harrier. However, what I didn't expect was that it was a MALE harrier or as many call it a Grey ghost!!! We have never seen a male harrier hunting behind our house. I made some inaudible sounds with my excitement.....grabbed my camera and bolted out of the back door. I really didn't expect it to hang around very long, and it didn't. It flew out of sight, but then back in sight, and then repeated this numerous times. Finally he started making some circles and made a few passes right in front of me. He also managed to fly with some very nice fall colors behind him in the distance. I will have a few more to share, but here are some of my favorites.
Nikon Z9 with Nikkor 180-600mm F5.6-6.3 lens at 600mm, 1/1600sec, F8, various ISO's from 360 to 720, handheld and cropped. (Please view images large for best details) Nov 16 2024 Northern Colorado
Adult male is strikingly white below with black wing tips and a black trailing edge on the secondaries. Upperside is gray with faint, pale mottling on upperwing coverts, but appears uniform grayish. Birds in spring are paler above due to fading. Some males are washed rufous on the chest and leggings, and/or brownish on the head and upperwing coverts. All adult males have lemon-yellow eyes.
The male Northern Harrier is also known as the Gray Ghost because it is rarely seen. The female is very common, but the male comes to mate with females and then vanishes! This particular male broke the mold and has stayed with the female for two months now, even helping her build the nest!
....when the moment has been waiting all the time....
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KCS’s East St. Louis Yard is a small yard from the GWWR days within it is 2 tracks occupied by two rows of engines, the KCS engines are all in deadline while the Tier 4 ACe’s are in Storage
I don't feel like writing a story about how insane this is so I won't. Those that appreciate will appreciate.
CEFX 3109 and CITX 3089, both probably the last all gray leasers running on a Class 1, lead CP 385 (Bensenville-Glenwood) through my old stomping grounds a few minutes after sunrise. It couldn't get more gray, save that Canada hopper, if one tried. Pretty damn cool, thankfully the WC was in town putting their Commercials away which stalled these guys long enough to knock the ISO down and give me a decent opportunity.