Not all my photographs from doing geological field work are of rocks or scenery. A consequence of doing field work in remote areas is encountering wildlife (ideally, not as prey).
A few years ago, I was in Patagonia looking at some Cretaceous turbidites and we stopped to take a little break when we got to the top of a ridge. The weather was decent (for once) and it was a beautiful view, so we sat there and enjoyed some lunch. After about 20 minutes a hawk landed on the relatively narrow ridge we were sitting on ... maybe 10-15 meters away from us.
It just sat there for 10-15 minutes ... long enough for me to put the big zoom lens on the camera and get a good photograph. I don't think we were near its nest or anything -- it was neither aggressive nor defensive ... it actually seemed quite indifferent. We were so mesmerized watching it, we couldn't get up and get back to work until it flew off. Unfortunately, it flew off soon after I snapped this photo so we started working again.
Click here to see more photographs of wildlife (mostly from Patagonia). Click here to see all Friday Field Fotos.
Happy Friday!
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