lukemeup wrote:
Thanks! I'm super lucky to have them close by in a couple locations during the autumn/winter months (not always guaranteed but a solid chance). The challenge is finding time and weather good enough to photograph (and it rains here a lot). They're mainly active in the early morning or in the late afternoon - so windows of opportunity are pretty narrow. 
all I had to do was look on with jealousy at your lighting, and viola! I finally got some in half decent light myself

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/1000s 5600 ISO 0.0 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/1000s 4000 ISO 0.0 EV

NIKON Z 9 NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens 800mm f/6.3 1/1000s 2800 ISO 0.0 EV