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I walked out on a local sandbar about a year ago looking for late lingering shorebirds when I saw two peregrine falcons flying overhead. One of them swooped down and strafed a small flock of snow buntings, killing one of them. The falcon then flew out and landed about two hundred yards past me to devour its meal.
I thought to myself, "Holy moly!" . I had to move low and slow, but also cover a lot of ground to get close enough for anything decent. I also had to work myself around to the right side of the light. By the time I was in position the bunting was gone and the bird was cleaning its feet. I got a number of frames before the second falcon flew back and this one took off. Nikon F5, 600mm f4 AFS w/ 2x on Provia +1. Slightly cropped for posting. Natural light. - Paul [b]Paul J. Fusco
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