Sunday, August 5, 2007 – Cape Cod Birds

A mockingbird surveys Wellfleet Harbor (Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos)

The Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) – a bird of prey of the harrier family – at Wellfleet Harbor.  It breeds throughout the northern parts of the Northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost United States and northern Eurasia. In North America it is known as the Northern Harrier or Marsh Hawk. It is not to be confused with this Harrier.

Out at Salt Pond Bay, a Great Blue Heron is being mysterious (Ardea Herodias – the largest North American heron).

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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