This Harrier really startled me when it exploded out of the reed bed only meters away from my position along the dyke at Murray Marsh. I barely had time to lift the camera and click off a few frames as it flew past and clean out of my field of view. The image is not as crisp (my own error), but I am glad that at least I got some images of this raptor at close range.
300mmf4D +1.4X
(Taken on Sept. 24, 2017, Windy)
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Juvenile Northern Harrier flew low over the marsh.
(Taken on Sept. 25, 2018 @ Murray Marsh, Sturgeon County, Alberta)
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A Northern Harrier revealing the intensity of its search for prey as it flew low over the marsh.
300mm f4PF +1.4X
(Taken on Sept. 2019, Sturgeon County, Alberta)
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