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      07-12-2019, 12:30 PM   #12223
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Originally Posted by dcstep View Post
Two things make them really hard to shoot. First, the "grey ghost" (grey colored male harrier) is generally very illusive, such that you might see 10 females before you see a male. Second, they fly very low to the ground and focusing on the bird vs. the cattails and marsh bushes that are just a few feet below is very hard. Actually there's three, they fly in erratic patterns, making them hard to track.
I would add that on both the male and female, it is very hard to NOT blow out the bright white rump patch without completely underexposing the rest of the bird
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