Bosque Del Apache

[Basil]

Up before the sun to drive down to Bosque Del Apache wildlife refuge. More pics posted in the "Photography Group"

Northern Harrier (aka Ring Tailed Hawk)

Any thread that has a Coyote must also have a Roadrunner

 

[NutmegCT]

How do you focus on a moving object like the bird in the second photo?

 

[Basil]

How do you focus on a moving object like the bird in the second photo?

My Camera (as do most digital cameras these days) has an amazing auto-focus system. There are 61 auto-focus points across the view finder that will "track" your subject once you place an AF point on the subject. There is a mode on the camera call "AI servo" which allows you to take multiple photos at a fast rate (7 frames per second). Once the AF locks on, you just need to track the subject as it moves through view finder - the camera does the rest. It's pretty cosmic stuff.

Here is another picture of the same bird. By the way, I misidentified it originally. It's not a Red Tail, it's a Northern Harrier that has migrated south.

 

[DrEntropy]

Misnomer or not, it's MAJESTIC!!

 

[gonzo]

Thanks for sharing. My favorite is still the Roadrunner. They're fun to watch and rarely vocalize - which sound a lot like a morning dove. Oh, and they eat rattlers'. Our N. American version of a viper-eating mongoose.

 

[Basil]

Thanks for sharing. My favorite is still the Roadrunner. They're fun to watch and rarely vocalize - which sound a lot like a morning dove. Oh, and they eat rattlers'. Our N. American version of a viper-eating mongoose.

Here's another of the RoadRunner from different angle.

 

[JPSmit]

beep beep (love it)

 

[Silverghost]