Male Hen Harrier

[kaz10]

A couple of shots of the male, cropped a little bit more than I would normally like to do but I have never seen a male let alone get a shot of one so, these were keepers till I can if ever get better shots and if I ever see one again, I was excited to see this bird

 

[IanC_UK]

not bad Karen, looks like you been seeing quite a lot with the Owls and then this chap is one of my targets for this year to try and get Hen Harrier shots, ill probably fail again but got to try

 

[j9ksf]

Two more wonderful shots. #1 is impressive.

 

[markyboy.1967]

Fantastic images Kaz. The male is stunning, saw a few on Uist in Oct, even had one touch down in the garden of the cottage I was staying in-- only 30 feet from where I was sitting in the sunroom but camera not set up so no pics.

 

[fracster]

Great shots of a difficult and very rare subject Karen, slightly envious of you and I hope to achieve anything nearly as good as these come May.

On a side note, one of the keepers up here says he has a pair on his land, I just need to wangle some access rights off his boss.

 

[cruso]

cracking shot kaz

 

[Alan McFadyen]

thats one to be proud of Karen, super shots

 

[targetman]

Very Nice top bird.

 

[taxi]

Beautiful Karen

 

[snappertvr]

Well done, a great looking bird the male is.

 

[fergie]

The ultimate bird and cracking shots showing it off. Thanks for sharing these images, Karen.

 

[GREENGRASS]

Great captures Kaz.

 

[RacingSnake]

Superb shot - as are pretty much every other one you post.
Where on earth do you go to get these shots?!

 

[Martyn...]

Lovely stuff Karen

 

[u8myufo]

A good set as always Kaz, must have been great to see this one.

 

[Romany]

Very good images of a lovely bird..Ive seen s afew up here, but not got an image
Great stuff K

 

[Neil B]

Superb looking bird Kaz and a rare one to see let alone photograph

 

[TONY C.]

Would love to see one close up awesome bird and nice shots, Tonyc

 

[killy]

Looks like a stealth bomber Kaz - Well done

regards

Mike

 

[stevie69]

Lovely shot Kaz. Also for some of you that are not aware, Hen Harriers are the most persecuted bird of prey in this country. up until last summer there were 2 known breeding pairs, then one well known female was found shot dead on a grouse more, so bringing the breeding pairs in this country down to ONE .So enjoy these birds while you can because some of the shooting fraternity ( not all) would happily get rid of everyone of them in the name of their so called sport. Lets hope we still get to shoot them with a camera !!

 

[straycat]

nice

no exif in your pics can you give details please.

 

[kaz10]

Lovely shot Kaz. Also for some of you that are not aware, Hen Harriers are the most persecuted bird of prey in this country. up until last summer there were 2 known breeding pairs, then one well known female was found shot dead on a grouse more, so bringing the breeding pairs in this country down to ONE .So enjoy these birds while you can because some of the shooting fraternity ( not all) would happily get rid of everyone of them in the name of their so called sport. Lets hope we still get to shoot them with a camera !!

thanks Stevie, I did know they were persecuted, such a terrible problem they are beautiful birds and this is a reason I don t disclose locations on the internet.

 

[kaz10]

nice

no exif in your pics can you give details please.

Exif is stripped when processed, just the way I do things, the exif for this was

ISO 640, f5.6, 1/2000, lens used was a canon 500f4Land 1.4 convertor

 

[Blythman]

Fabulous catch Karen

 

[Duck_Pond]

Excellent shots - they're hard to get shots of even at locations where they're not at risk (so much) as in England.

 

[Deleted member 11790]

another superb picture !!!

you seem to get all the best birds of prey and owls wherever you are going. lovely bird and great capture


a little information on the hen harrier form the RSPB to accompany this amazing set of pics

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/h/henharrier/index.aspx

 

[Bigvin]

Fantastic Karen. Only ever seen a female myself. Never got a descent shot tho. Well done.

 

[twitcher]

Sorry Kaz nearly missed these,very nice captures of a fantastic bird.

 

[kaz10]

cheers everyone