You’re sitting there enjoying your breakfast on the blacktop and wouldn’t you know it, someone else comes along and crashes the meal. 😉
A pretty darned fun series I captured this morning. I am driving along and see something in the middle of the road so I slow down and see a male Northern Harrier – the Gray Ghost – eating a rabbit.
I work my way up slowly, getting closer to get some better pictures and the hawk isn’t minding one bit as he was just hungry. As I am taking pictures, I see something out of the corner of my eye and realize another bird is inbound and about to crash the party. It unfolds so fast, I squeeze the trigger and just hope for the best. In the end I got this sequence of seven images.
Awesome stuff! I do wish the scene took place on a field instead of a road but beggars can’t be choosers.
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BaaAEGulVRM/WjWob5DBVrI/AAAAAAAAi1k/gt3kNbJhADkD5ekO39uH-LUqp3fZturOACJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0090.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y8PhKRJbyCA/WjWob0pwQMI/AAAAAAAAi1k/hXqzEIHLvQgC2OBDo84Y3fiN9ihA3FDiACJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0091.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bZU47i6WXLA/WjWob848loI/AAAAAAAAi1k/fBpm9PbppJ8yhoxThdnblRTGgfONcrPRACJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0092.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3NQW8x33A6A/WjWob17Pe4I/AAAAAAAAi1k/snRW8xFd564l_8dq--6nWmABnviD8U8OQCJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0093.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pEDRDYA7r7U/WjWob8-bZjI/AAAAAAAAi1k/CVmrWCO64-Mrn6n159Nn0ulxKJlMZ2K_wCJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0094.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tyAfsweFI7o/WjWob1b40OI/AAAAAAAAi1k/QyzriKW8glIPEPGy49Y5Gnp_CH33A9qrACJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0095.jpg)
![A pair of male Northern Harriers, Gray Ghosts, battle it out in the road over a rabbit. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aERYmjTLxb8/WjWob2HEwaI/AAAAAAAAi1k/dnL-fcDsowcfdcCHt5Bl12xmRDjUZIf7ACJoC/s710/2017-12-16%2B08-55-11%2B-%2B0096.jpg)