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Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« on: September 19, 2010, 02:08:46 PM »
I was out coyote hunting Saturday on some open FFTH ground in eastern Washington, and came across an interesting scene.  A great horned owl was being hectored by a northern harrier hawk.  He would swoop down at the larger bird with his talons out.  Sorry, no pictures of that. 






These aren't calender-quality images, but is fun to capture them as I hunt, especially since I didn't shoot anything else that day! I guess I am a successful predator hunter, after all.
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 02:21:19 PM »
nice pic's
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2010, 03:17:19 PM »
Ivar,
It is amazing what you see when you are out calling.
Did they come into your call?
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2010, 03:24:03 PM »
Cool pics ivar :tup:
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2010, 06:22:56 PM »
I chanced upon these birds as I was driving along a gravel road. First I saw the owl- real close, almost in the windshield.  It flew back the direction I'd come from, so I got out, grabbed the camera from the back of my rig and drove back down the road to see if I could get some pictures, ultimately, about a half mile.  I was just lucky that he chose not to fly away from the road.  Here's a pic I grabbed before he got around the bend (one of several times!)



Later the hawk got into the picture.

I also saw three fork-horned bucks while chasing the wily coyote. This was only the second time I'd seen a buck while holding a centerfire rifle in my hand. (I don't get around much.) I had cross hairs on one of them long enough that a shot was possible (had it been in-season, etc). Yeah, and I was carrying a .204 Ruger. Not much of a deer gun. 40gr of 'devastation'  :)
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2010, 05:59:46 PM »
Cool pic of that hawk/owl....awesome situation to capture.

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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2010, 07:55:53 PM »
VERY cool photos! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2010, 05:59:05 AM »
Nice captures Ivar.

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Re: Fresh Predator pictures (OK, they are birds)
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 06:39:20 AM »
I saw a documentary about that once.   They say that a nesting bird with chicks will not allow another bird of prey into its territory for fear of loss of a food source.  In that documentary a Red Tailed Hawk was whooping on every owl, and crow that came near its farm field. 
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