There were plenty of Northern Harriers during my Better than Bosque Workshop this year. This image was made on the first day of the workshop while we were stopped and “focused” on hundreds of ducks landing in the ditch along the road.
Northern Harrier in flight (Circus hudsonius, busard Saint-Martin, NOHA) from the first day of my Better than Bosque workshop (Dec. 5, 2024) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico, USA. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony a9 III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm ISO 6,400, f/8 @ 1/5,000s. Manual exposure.
