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| Northern Goshawk Niigata City, Japan Newly fledged June 28, 2014 |
This year Northern Goshawks raised three young in a park in Niigata City. I don't know which park. I was taken there blind-folded. (Not really, but I pretend)
The place has been kept quiet to avoid buckets of tripods and smokers from loitering beneath the nest but I heard the news has spread and there were indeed numerous cameras visiting every day.
I visited just twice so far; a 90 minute visit one morning a couple of weeks ago after I heard they'd fledged, then another for about an hour last Sunday afternoon.
I followed the progress of the nest via telephone; a 'friend who knows someone'. I've decided to stay away from pointing my lens at active nests as much as possible.
I hope they stay at the site next year.
These pics were with my Nikon D300. I sent my D800 off for service on June 7. More about that another time.
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| Adult and below |
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| A present from an adult |
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| I think it is the adult female on the left and the three young June 5, 2014 Nikon D300 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm VR @1/80 of a second handheld |
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| Adult female is an impressive raptor |
11 comments:
Another great series of a raptor family. I especially like the "pouncing" image.
wow Russell; a super photo opportunity - you scored well. Fabulous to see, TFS
Magnificent birds and amazing images!
Just amazing captures! Magnificent birds!
Thanks for your comments everyone. They certainly are great birds and a thrill to see!
Wow, what an opportunity, and one you didn't waste Russell. You have some superb pictures there.
You can't imagine what might happen in the UK should such a Goshawk site be "leaked".
Nice to see the Goshawk photos, I can imagine how they'd draw a crowd !
So good to see that they're doing well there! Goshawk is an amazing bird that I wish I get to see more often.
They certainly are impressive! What amazing photos. Love the last group photo in particular.
Excellent shots of the Goshawk Russell. I often see them but they seem to be very wary up here and I don't have a single decent shot of one.
Thank you again for your comments everyone. Goshawks would have to be one of my fav birds in Niigata. I hope I can get more pics in the future.
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