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| young Northern Goshawk (Fukushimagata, Niigata, October 1, 2011) Nikon D300 + Nikkor af-s 300mm f4 + 1.4TCII |
Ventured to Fukushimagata with the intention of finding young goshawks hunting ducks. Turned out, I wasn't disppointed. All this action happened on arrival. I found them doing the same over the last two years in the same spot from the end of September. Adults should come in a couple of weeks and that should really stir up the mud.. My photos last year and the year before were disappointing but I was happy with these results. Still have to get my dream shot of a goshawk toe to tail with a duck at close range. Guess I'll have to go back.
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| Bit of a territory dispute |
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| Using a monopod with ballhead does help. |
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| I took a lot of pot shots as the goshawks would just disappear in the numbers. |
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| Lighting conditions changed frequently as conditions went from sunny to cloudy with a couple of squalls but then sunny ten minutes later again. A lot of action happened during the rainy patches. |
Hopefully, more ducks will come over the next few weeks so the action should come even closer to the water's edge.
7 comments:
That must be a great experience watching these goshawks attacking the ducks! I rarely have a chance to see this in Oita where both the numbers of ducks and goshawks are much fewer than Niigata....
"A lot of action happened during the rainy patches..." - ain't that the way !
Plenty of action here, though !
Great series Russell
You just don't get Goshawk images like these over in Britain! Truly mesmerizing, especially the 5th at close-quarters and the branch landing shots. Brilliant.
Brilliant series Russell and you really captured the power and size of the Goshawks. Such interesting behaviour too but when I look at how many ducks there are I suppose the hawks are taking advantage of a huge supply of food on offer.
Oh, aren't they something?! I love the hawks :)
Wow!
I have never taken a decent Goshawk shot, you got some great ones here.......
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