{"id":12758,"date":"2014-01-06T05:27:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=12758"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:01:50","slug":"eye-level-with-a-northern-harrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/06\/eye-level-with-a-northern-harrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye Level With A Northern Harrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EyeEye level with a Northern Harrier – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though I have been a bird photographer for some time now, I still get a thrill when I am eye level with a bird of prey because it feels as if I am more strongly connected to the raptor when they fly in close at eye level.<\/p>\n

This female Northern Harrier was hunting along the side of the causeway to Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> when I photographed it.<\/p>\n

Most of the time the harrier had her eyes on the ground but in this frame she looked directly towards me.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Northern Harrier photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though I have been a bird photographer for some time now I still get a thrill when I am eye level with a bird of prey because it feels as if I am more strongly connected to the raptor when they fly in close at eye level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,348,26],"tags":[4004,4021,765,11978,7934,4070,4052,4122,4033,4169,2386,3970,767,4006,4063,4018,373],"class_list":["post-12758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-northern-harriers","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-circus-hudsonius","tag-desert-island","tag-eye-level","tag-female","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-hunting","tag-marsh-hawk","tag-northern-harrier","tag-raptor","tag-sky","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t