• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Tony's Takes Photography

Wildlife, landscape and weather photography

  • Home
  • Top Shots
  • Latest News & Images
  • Purchase Prints
  • Photo Books
  • Calendars
  • Contact
  • About Tony
You are here: Home / Wildlife / The Gray Ghost performs a low level pass

The Gray Ghost performs a low level pass

January 5, 2015 by Tony Leave a Comment

Northern Harriers can be difficult to get images of. These hawks are quite people-shy, fly very low to the ground and their flight is very erratic as they hunt which makes them difficult to get a bead on.  This past weekend I finally had some luck capturing some pics of these cool looking raptors.

Unlike most raptors, male and female harrier plumage is very different from each other. Males, like the one pictured here, are gray in color and have earned them the nickname of the ‘gray ghost.’ Females are predominately brown in color.

View some other Harrier images that I captured that day below.

A male Northern Harrier hunts over a Colorado field. (© Tony’s Takes)
A male Northern Harrier hunts over a Colorado field. (© Tony’s Takes)
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Male Harrier Hawk Flyby
Male Harrier Hawk Flyby
Male Harrier Hawk Flyby
Male Harrier Hawk Flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Perched female Harrier Hawk
Perched female Harrier Hawk
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby
Female Harrier Hawk flyby

Filed Under: Wildlife Tagged With: Northern Harrier

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CAPTCHA
Refresh

*

Primary Sidebar

Connect With Me

Tony's Takes on Facebook Tony's Takes on Twitter Tony's Takes on Google+ Tony's Takes on Pinterest Tony's Takes RSS Feed

Recent News & Images

  • Coyote wakes from a nap, gives a nice closeup
  • Portrait of a beautiful, smoky fall sunrise
  • Gorgeous golden eagles on a cold winter’s day
  • Big mule deer buck keeping an eye on the ladies
  • Bald eagle gets its lunch to go

Photo Use Information

All photos © Tony’s Takes. Images are available for purchase as prints or as digital files for other uses. Please don’t steal; my prices aren’t expensive. For more information contact me here.

Galleries

  • Exhibits
  • In the City
  • In the News
  • Landscapes
  • Pets
  • Random Stuff
  • Sun, Moon and Stars
  • Transportation
  • Uncategorized
  • Weather
  • Wildlife

Archives

Search

Tags

American Kestrel Astrophotography Bald Eagle Bear Bighorn Sheep Bison Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clouds Coyote Deer Duck Elk Fall Colors Ferruginous Hawk Flowers Fox Golden Eagle Great Blue Heron Great Horned Owl Hummingbird Marmot Military Moon Moose Mountain Goat Mountains Northern Harrier Osprey Pelican Pika Prairie Dog Prairie Falcon Pronghorn Rabbit Red Tailed Hawk Snowy Egret Squirrel Sunrise Sunset Swainson’s Hawk Thunderstorm Turkey Turkey Vulture Video

Footer

Connect With Me

Tony's Takes on Facebook Tony's Takes on Twitter Tony's Takes on Google+ Tony's Takes on Pinterest Tony's Takes RSS Feed

Search

Photo Use

All photos © Tony’s Takes. Images are available for purchase as prints or as digital files for other uses. Please don’t steal; my prices aren’t expensive and I will work with you to get you the art you desire. For more information contact me here.

Latest

  • Coyote wakes from a nap, gives a nice closeup
  • Portrait of a beautiful, smoky fall sunrise
  • Gorgeous golden eagles on a cold winter’s day
  • Big mule deer buck keeping an eye on the ladies
  • Bald eagle gets its lunch to go
Copyright © 2021 Tony's Takes Photography
  • Home
  • Latest News & Images
  • Purchase Prints
  • Photo Books
  • Calendars
  • Contact
  • About Tony