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What type of falcon is this?
#7994265 - 02/07/08 10:39 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It's the size of a robin or dove or quail. Got this photo with my new 500mm telephoto lens. 

I don't know much about birds. :o
Edited by DRTMaverick (02/07/08 10:48 PM)
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994268 - 02/07/08 10:39 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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peregrine!
actually, I have no idea, but that's my guess
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Boom]
#7994322 - 02/07/08 10:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd have said the same thing, because it's the only falcon I know of, except I know that peregrines are the size of a large crow, this little guy was the size of a robin.
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994324 - 02/07/08 10:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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great shot
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: UCX_911]
#7994342 - 02/07/08 10:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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nope some other type of falcon
im not sure tho
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: notapillow]
#7994344 - 02/07/08 10:59 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thats a beautiful bird though, and I HATE birds.
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Gratos]
#7994378 - 02/07/08 11:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It's definitely a bird of prey. I think it mainly feeds on sparrows and field mice. :o
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994438 - 02/07/08 11:32 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Awesome shot.
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Kamin]
#7994462 - 02/07/08 11:40 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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That, my friend, is a falcon punch.

In all serious though, nice shot.
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Re: Whatn type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994465 - 02/07/08 11:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Those lens are amazing. What is the body of the camera?
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994515 - 02/08/08 12:04 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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looks like a kestrel to me. Peregrines got black bared feathers across the chest. Notice the bands on the head Kestrels have the bands. Peregrines have a gray caped head and grizzly feathers. Kestrels are red while Peregrines are are gray.
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994531 - 02/08/08 12:09 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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 Peregrine
 Kestrel
It's like calling Koreans, Japanese or Oriental.
Edited by SheikCorp (02/08/08 12:12 AM)
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994532 - 02/08/08 12:09 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah, that was my guess. definitely looks like an American Kestrel.
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994537 - 02/08/08 12:10 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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ohhh, you beat me with a picture!
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: Acidic_Sloth]
#7994571 - 02/08/08 12:19 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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They are fun birds!
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: Acidic_Sloth]
#7994575 - 02/08/08 12:20 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Notice how the colors very?
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994587 - 02/08/08 12:25 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yay a krestrel. Thank you so much! I've been wondering what this little guy was. I'll continue to capture aviary birds of prey.
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994588 - 02/08/08 12:25 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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way to go team!
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: Maverick]
#7994603 - 02/08/08 12:34 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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this vid shows it browsing for prey to hovering still mid air to going terminal velocity straight at the ground.
Kind of reminds me of a book called Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
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Re: What type of falcon is this? [Re: SheikCorp]
#7994749 - 02/08/08 02:13 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah, i did notice that. it's pretty neat, i've always thought kestrels were cute.
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