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We were getting ready to leave our hotel room in Banff when Jack took his act to new heights, I only had enough time to grab the iPhone and snap a couple of shots before he returned to earth.......
Historically Pyewacket refers to an imp, but in Jack's case the name refers to a mischievous yet sweet benevolent "familiar spirit"
“The Circle of Life”
Judy Royal Glenn Photography
*A Northern Harrier, a.k.a. the Gray Ghost downs a mouse in Cades Cove, Tennessee, amidst the scorched landscape from a controlled burn. The landscape seemed other-worldly.
It was neat observing the Gray Ghost soaring through the Cove. As he flew, he banked right and then disappeared behind a hill. I wanted to see where he went, so I topped the hill to see the harrier plucking a mouse—striping it of its fur. Before long, there was a white ring of fur surrounding the harrier.
One day, all will change when Christ reigns over the earth. The Bible states, “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6, ESV)
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Location: Cades Cove, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Boy is he a tough catch with a TLR......I took advantage of a sparrow that had attracted his attention........he did his "I'm a hunting dog" act which gave me a brief second to quickly focus........the composition sucks though.....
I decided to crop the border off this film shot........change is okay
Yashica-Mat 124G
Kodak Ektachrome 100
Harrier landed with some prey and Crow was right there to... help? Crow was close but apparently not too close.
post snack time...
[taken in the wild...not a baited, not a zoo shot, nor a raptor show bird shot]
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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.
KCSM 4542 ("Grey Ghost" AC4400CW) leads CPKC 246, seen here having arrived at Bensenville Yard and pulled out of the east end for headroom, within Franklin Park city limits.
Behold! The latest Banksy rat mural, right on Canal St and West Broadway. This one is particularly clever—look closely: yes, it is finished! :)
This means I am now passing by two of these murals on my way to work, and a third one is right there in the Soho / Chinatown area as well, to be uploaded shortly.
I was lucky enough to snap a picture of the work in progress, to be posted in comments below.
Update 11/18/08
I noticed today that it is gone :(
Jack and I were goofing around in the backyard, this is a millisecond after he caught a snowball that I tossed.
CEFX 3109 East cuts through the stiff breeze as it heads for Portage on the most frigid day of 2016 thus far. For many, these gray Alstoms have never been anything but a let down. In a somewhat sick way, I have always had a soft spot for these and their fellow "rebuilt for order" more colorful siblings of SD40/SD40-2/SD45 ilk. Numerous reporting marks were given to this massive rebuild program, which started in earnest in 1999 to quench CSX's power shortage.
The first batch was under First Union, and they all came in a lively green and silver scheme which ranged from 3000-3052. Next up was under Alstoms' own reporting marks (GCFX), which were pumped out in three scheme variations from 3053-3102. The final installment of the order was placed under Citi Bank initials, and this batch was largely rebuilt from former SP and Santa Fe SD45 hulks, ranging from 3103-3152. The 3103-3112 were in the typical gray with white chevrons, but the SD45 shells were all dressed in a vibrant blue with two italic white and green stripes on the long hood. All engines were outfitted with the same microprocessor and updated cabs, which makes spotting these rebuilds as simple as looking at the thicker plastic window gaskets.
But with it being 2016, these "fresh" SD40 rebuilds are now old again. And many from this impressive rebuild program have already found new homes on shortlines and regionals in strange side sales that make you wonder what holding company even owns which ones. Much like how they all came together, a scattered mess of Canadian and US SD40's and SD45's, they have dispersed in reverse to try and escape the torches. And with NS needing some extra power at the moment (a phenomenon I am still confused by) I guess this one fit the bill alongside the CEFX 3143 and former SOO SD60's.
The vast majority of these Alstoms that haven't been sold off yet are still on CSX property, as they were intended, but have since been stored (save for a FURX or two). So I am fairly certain that this is my last time shooting a true gray ghost leading a Class 1 train.
Farewell friend.
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I got to spend a few minutes last November photographing this Northern Harrier male - way out there in the middle of an open field. This is basically "session over" as it took off. Nice to have something actually take off in my direction instead of being a butt shot. On the other hand, one does get a brief feeling of what being prey might be like. The male is known as the "gray ghost" and quite the ladies man, evidently able to handle a handful of chicks at once over an extended area.
Yes, we are still alive and running crazy!! Linda and I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!! We had a nice trip to North Carolina and have been doing some shooting since returning. We have many new images to share with you and can't wait to catch up with your images!!
It is a rare treat to photograph a male Northern Harrier in South Florida !! Most of the Harriers we see are females!! Again we hope everyone is well and thanks for looking!!
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KCSM 4545, a "Grey Ghost" AC4400CW, hustles north along the C&M with westbound CPKC freight 249 at Deerfield, IL.
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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