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It’s always exciting when you capture a photo of a Peregrine falcon. We don’t see many Peregrine Falcons due to their numbers just beginning to rebound as late as the mid 1990’s after abuse of the use of DDT. Due to diligent conservation and recovery efforts, the species was federally delisted in 1999 and was delisted in California in 2009.The Peregrine is renowned for its speed. It can reach over 200 mph during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. This speed demon was taking a break, thus making him an easy subject.
Peregrine Falcon
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The only food arrival we saw while we were at the Lake was a single supply.
Slechtvalk - Mature Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
with a mangled prey.
Distance still about 60 metres.
A Caspian Tern showed its displeasure when a male Peregrine Falcon flew by with a bird in his talon. The Falcon went upside down to counter the attack from the Tern. From the color of it I don't think that the Falcon had one of the Tern chicks, but no birds want a raptor in their midst and so the attack. To be fair, the falcon was on its way to feed one of his two chicks. Burlington, Ontario.
In all my years taking wildlife photos, this my first ever Peregrine Falcon inflight. Very exciting indeed!
Peregrine Falcon in Fall colors
- New Jersey
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1DXII camera paired with a Canon 600mm f/4 IS II lens
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475) Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, Rajawali
The fastest hunter in the sky. This one spending winter vacation in Putrajaya, Malaysia every year.
Brown Falcon
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The male of a pair.
He is bringing in a delicacy for the female. At the time I suspected they were in the business of preparing a nest for the season.
Brown Falcons seem to be well adapted at dealing with snakes.
I've sat with them on a number of occasions, and they spend a lot of time working out the best moment of attack.
Their legs have a thick scaling, that gives them some protection from attack
if you're interested there is a blog post from a couple of years back that shows a Brown Falcon making a kill.
Peregrine Falcon
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We had been upcountry visiting family and were invited to take a peek at some nesting Falcons.
They were still sitting on eggs, so we had a quick look and left them to their work.
Peregrine Falcon
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No wonder the Galahs were in a frenzy.
A pair of Peregrine sliced through their flock.
Looking for an opportunity to seperate out a target.
The Falcon in Clapham Junction.
There has been an Inn here since the early 1700's.
It is said that certain parts of the building date back 275 years.
The majority of what we see now, dates from the 1870's, when it was rebuilt as a Hotel with a public house on the ground floor.
The interior was remodelled in 1896, making it a big open plan space. With extensive use of oak and glass panels, it is on the campaign for real ale's inventory of historic pub interiors.
It also entered the Guinness book of records, for having the longest bar counter in a public house.
Pentax K-3 mk lll
SMC Pentax DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR RE
Brown Falcon
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Harry called from way out on the river flats and sailed into the treeline with a meal for Sally.
I missed the food exchange, but he quickly came out in the open and sat opposite me on the track.
Whatever he had captured was enough for her, and his crop was very full.
He sat quietly digesting the meal.
Attended Falcon Fest today. Put on by Peninsula Open Space Trust. Two raptors were "flown" by Falconer Kenny Elvin. Magnificent birds
This is a big crop and the falcon has a big crop after capturing and consuming a pigeon at the grain terminal.
No sign of a Gyrfalcon so far.
Alberta Terminals LTD. Edmonton. Alberta.
Brown Falcon
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This is one of two light chested Falcons that are working in the area. Just recently I've determined that this is the female, with the strong dark teardrop down to her chin.
Something had her attention, and while it looked like she was just resting, no doubt she was working out the best time to make her move.
I left after about 20 minutes, and on return later, she was gone.
I may be a bit biased, but there is something about the intense, but apparent casualness and patience, that a hunting Brown exhibits that fascinates me.
I saw this Peregrine Falcon Hunting and flew out of sight and then returned to the TV antenna to enjoy the feast.
A Peregrine Falcon sits high up on the cliff, enjoying the early morning view of the Hudson valley from last year when the North est was changing colors to winter.
Peregrine Falcon
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There is a large colony of Fruit Bats ensconsed in some of the trees at Werribee Mansion Park.
As we wandered past, with the usual calling and occassional changing of perches, on a sudden the colony took to air with agitated calls.
The Falcon swept through the panicked bats, circled out, and made at least 4 more runs through the frantic bats.
On short wings it was extremely manoeuvrable through the trees
and kept the Bats in the air.
No doubt pleased with the excitement it had caused, and enjoyed, it disappeared from sight.
Brown Falcon, Falco berigora
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For those that don't know, this is Cassia, of Cinnamon.
She has been "In Confinement" the past 5-6 weeks hatching out her new brood. She would only come out to recieve food topups from Alistair the male.
We've left her in peace, it is a critical time for her.
I've seen her out the past few visits, so have concluded that her young are now strong enough to be left for short times on their own.
Today, as we walked in along the track, I spotted her slowly flying through the treeline to casually land on the tree directly in front of me.
A deliberate move on her part, and given there are any number of trees, she could have chosen out of sight of me, I am pleased she was comfortable enough to come and say hello.
I chatted away with her for about 10 minutes then she lifted off, flew over my head and slipped back toward the nest tree.
I know, I'm anthropomorphic. And loving it. :-)