The mouse whisperer - a photo on Flickriver

            Until a year ago I hardly had any pictures of marsh harriers  but that is a thing of the past after my travels through the Netherlands. 
Normally you only see them floating in the air hunting for chicks and mice, but a few weeks ago in Eemnes (yes, yes) I was able to watch this specimen for hours in a newly mown meadow looking for mice.

And apparently it was a candy store, because he was succesful at least 5 times, and greedily gobbled one after the other (the life of a mouse is not easy, and is often short). 

Other birds also joined the party (3 buzzards, 2 storks, 2 blue herons and 5 white herons). David Attenborough calls this a feeding frenzy.

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Gemeente Blaricum (show map)

Taken on: September 22, 2022

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM4, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec, 600mm (=900mm), ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM4
Lens:	FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	600mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	+0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Daylight
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.5 (Windows)
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