Mike Spinak
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There's a major population explosion of California voles in the fields along the coast, not far from me. The voles are nature's perfect snack food, for many small predators, including raptors, and so those fields are thick with red tailed hawks, red shouldered hawks, white tailed kites, barn owls, great blue herons, and so on.
Yesterday, i went to the coast to shoot them. I had big plans of the photos I was going to take, of the raptors strafing the ground with their claws open, of their take-offs with voles dangling in their grips, and so on. However, the fog rolled in within minutes of my arrival at the coast. I did what I could with the birds, then took some coastal shots, and determined to come back this weekend, to try again.
Anyway, here's a quick shot from yesterday, right before the fog rolled in.
© Mike Spinak
I hope you enjoy.
Yesterday, i went to the coast to shoot them. I had big plans of the photos I was going to take, of the raptors strafing the ground with their claws open, of their take-offs with voles dangling in their grips, and so on. However, the fog rolled in within minutes of my arrival at the coast. I did what I could with the birds, then took some coastal shots, and determined to come back this weekend, to try again.
Anyway, here's a quick shot from yesterday, right before the fog rolled in.

© Mike Spinak
I hope you enjoy.