Young Peregrine with Sparrow


Posted by Nick Dunlop on Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:45 pm

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I've been envious of you folks back east with the influx of snowy, great gray and hawk owls. I guess I have been spoiled this year with a large number of falcon sightings, especially peregrines. I don't know if its a migration thing or just more birds breeding successfully. On wedenesday afternoon I saw this young peregrine on a fence post with a sparrow he must of caught just before I arrived. He let me get several images out the car window before he flew off. He was very small and I thought merlin or coopers hawk when I first saw him. Now I'm thinking tundra peregrine due to his small size, skinny malar stripe and coloring. What do you think? Shot just before sunset, Canon 20D, 600 with 1.4 balanced on the passenger side windowsill...no time for beanbag...thanks for looking and good shooting

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:34 pm
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Nick, this is a beautiful shot in sweet light. Looks like a Peregrine to me.
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by moose henderson on Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:38 pm
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well done and good capture, sweet light, love the falling feather behind the stump
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by littleflurry on Sat Dec 25, 2004 3:35 pm
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wow....awesome shot
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by Nick Dunlop on Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:26 pm
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Probably need to rephrase my question....Is is a tundra or anatum peregrine? Sorry to get so technical...happy holidays!!!!
 

by E.J. Peiker on Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:15 pm
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An excellent shot in every respect!
 

by Ofer Levy on Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:45 pm
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This is definitely a sweet shot!! It looks a bit hot in the front of the bird - is it just my monitor? :?:
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:09 pm
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Nick:

GReat action shot, may work well also on a horizontal crop. Congratulations.
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by AForns on Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:18 pm
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Great bird position and sweet light !!! Wished would have been more frontal ? catch puts it over the top !!!!!

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by KK Hui on Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:14 pm
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Awesome shot with sweet light, Nick!
Love the simple bg and the falling feather ... :roll:
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by Mike Wilson on Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:54 pm
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Great image of this Peregrine. Sure looks like a Tundra juvenile to me too. Much too light to be an anatum. Where was this taken?
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by Nick Dunlop on Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:55 pm
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Hey Mike, this was taken about 10 minutes from my house in Sebastopol, about an hour north of San Francisco.
 

by Rob Palmer on Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:50 am
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Way to go Nick, definitely a tundra bird. But boy this is the smallest one I've ever seen. I think the arctic had a good year for all raptors. Great shot.
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