Northern Harrier ♀ flight
Jan 26, 2021 13:58:05 #
JohnnyDW
Loc: Richmond and Sunshine Valley British Columbia
Nikon D5
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
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Jan 26, 2021 15:41:00 #
JohnnyDW wrote:
Nikon D5
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
Beautiful in Download! great eye detail and the colors! Thanx for sharing.
Jan 26, 2021 15:43:32 #
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Jan 26, 2021 16:00:44 #
gwr wrote:
Great shot, are you positive on that id? Gary
Juvenile Sharp Shinned?
Jan 26, 2021 17:15:24 #
JohnnyDW wrote:
Nikon D5
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
Very nice, great catch.
And I don't mean to be picky but I am pretty sure is a juvi Coopers or Sharpshinned, could even be a juvi Goshawk. Nothing to judge size from. But very probibly not a Harrier. Tail is too short, and the face not flat enough.
But a fantastic catch regardless
Jan 26, 2021 17:18:04 #
JohnnyDW wrote:
Nikon D5
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
400mm f/2.8
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
ISO 1400
Awesome
And what a beautiful specimen 
Jan 26, 2021 17:52:21 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
Juvenile Sharp Shinned?
Good call. It could be a Coopers too. There are so many similarities. I was looking at the eye color, the yellow on the beak trying to decide. Its a head scratcher! Gary
Jan 26, 2021 19:00:31 #
JohnnyDW
Loc: Richmond and Sunshine Valley British Columbia
Thanks Gary! Being no bird expert, I am NOT at all sure of my ID of this hawk.
It was too large to be a Sharp Shinned and I thought the tail not rounded enough to be a Cooper's.
My Peterson's shows an illustration of an immature Northern Goshawk that looks similar.
Always welcome help and comments from people with superior knowledge in these things.
The size and coloration are similar to the Harrier females around here but I didn't have an angle
to see if she had the white rump patch.
It was too large to be a Sharp Shinned and I thought the tail not rounded enough to be a Cooper's.
My Peterson's shows an illustration of an immature Northern Goshawk that looks similar.
Always welcome help and comments from people with superior knowledge in these things.
The size and coloration are similar to the Harrier females around here but I didn't have an angle
to see if she had the white rump patch.
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