Peregrine Falcon
We saw this small falcon on exhibition yesterday at the Wildlife Research Institute located in the Ramona Grasslands in Ramona, California. They had owls, hawks and falcons on display. This is by no means a wildlife shot, but I did make an effort to position myself so that the light on the bird would be good, and also to have a background that wasn't distracting. I'm pretty sure I will never get this close to one of these beautiful birds in the wild.
Other bird pictures that I've taken can be seen in my Birds set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628206812625/
This looks best when viewed large, and you can see it in that enlightened manner by pressing "L".
1/16/13 Update: I originally misidentified this peregrine falcon as a Merlin. My bad. Two of my Flickr cotacts (birdguy200 and Horestrainer - Mary) corrected me, and I'm grateful. I knew to birding, and I'm having a fair amount of difficulty getting identification right.
Peregrine Falcon
We saw this small falcon on exhibition yesterday at the Wildlife Research Institute located in the Ramona Grasslands in Ramona, California. They had owls, hawks and falcons on display. This is by no means a wildlife shot, but I did make an effort to position myself so that the light on the bird would be good, and also to have a background that wasn't distracting. I'm pretty sure I will never get this close to one of these beautiful birds in the wild.
Other bird pictures that I've taken can be seen in my Birds set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628206812625/
This looks best when viewed large, and you can see it in that enlightened manner by pressing "L".
1/16/13 Update: I originally misidentified this peregrine falcon as a Merlin. My bad. Two of my Flickr cotacts (birdguy200 and Horestrainer - Mary) corrected me, and I'm grateful. I knew to birding, and I'm having a fair amount of difficulty getting identification right.