ML99953131
Contributor
Ken Pitts Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Steigerwald Lake NWR
Clark, Washington, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Over the last week, the female harriers (brownish) have been on the nests. This creates a very special treat to observers and photographers because only the males (grayish white with black wing tips) are up and hunting (like all the time). Normally males are dominated by the larger females and are kept from the prime hunting territory and made to stay on the edges of the park. This picture was 1-2 seconds late in capturing the hand off from the male (top left) to the female (bottom left) with a rodent. He calls to her, she flies off the nest, he drops it to her, and she rolls upside down to catch the rodent. Maybe next time!
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/11.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 3347 pixels x 2557 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.81 MB