Peregrine Falcon

[Kevin]

A Peregrine Falcon from last years brood has been visiting our Marina the last few days. She seems right at home and very comfortable having her picture taken. Shot with 500/4+1.4 and 40D.
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[hawk911]

Love those birds! nice shots.

[PVPhoto]

Nice shots, how do you like the 40D? Any issues with it so far?

[Kevin]

Love those birds! nice shots.
Thanks Hawk, glad you like them.

Nice shots, how do you like the 40D? Any issues with it so far?
The 40D is a great improvement over the 20D and 30D IMO. The 500/4+1.4 is a good combination for the 40D.

[tbmrgc]

Impressive bird. Great action shots.

Bob

[canonloader]

She's also a poser. Beautiful bird. :)

[dancad]

A couple of nice shots, the second one in particular. You gotta love having opprtunities like this with a wild Peregrine!

[hTr]

Nice Set Kevin, Those Tail feathers look a bit Tatered

[Kevin]

Impressive bird. Great action shots.
Bob
Thanks for the comment Bob.

She's also a poser. Beautiful bird. :)
She was quit anamated last night and I took full advantage.

A couple of nice shots, the second one in particular. You gotta love having opportunities like this with a wild Peregrine!
Thanks dan, we only have a five count in our area on these birds.

Nice Set Kevin, Those Tail feathers look a bit Tatered
Thanks Mitch, glad you liked them. Her tail feathers are more than a bit tattered. Which may be the main reason she has taken residence at our Marina, which is a mile from the current two mating pairs.

[DreDaze]

i've seen many peregrines before...yet this is the first i've ever seen of one in a tree...great shots

[canonloader]

We have some here in town, nesting in boxes on the sides of buildings. But they hunt in the wetlands about a mile away. They like to sit in the tallest trees on dead branches, out in the open, to survey their domain. :)

[Kevin]

i've seen many peregrines before...yet this is the first i've ever seen of one in a tree...great shots
I haven't seen too many in trees either, mostly cliffs and rock ledges.

We have some here in town, nesting in boxes on the sides of buildings. But they hunt in the wetlands about a mile away. They like to sit in the tallest trees on dead branches, out in the open, to survey their domain. :)
I'm sure the trees work very well since your cliff population is probably a bit scarce.:) As is ours in this neighborhood.

[canonloader]

Kevin, you might have seen a recent movie on PBS called Raptors, I think. It was about Raptors anyway, and most of it was filmed right here a few miles from where I live. We have cliffs on both sides of the Mississippi River, for miles, hundreds of miles. Not sure why they got scarse, but we have them here now and they are still being intorduced. That movie had quite a piece on just peregrins and their cliff nests. Scarey filming. I don't like those kinds of heights. :)

But they like the high ground, and they don't fly around looking for a bird to hit. They sit up on a perch and wait, and when they see one, they go for it from the perch. Could be a cliff or a building or a branch in an 80 foot tree. Seen it right here. They are very fast. :)

[Paul A]

My goodness lots of peregrines here lately, nice shots. I'll be up there next month, hope I get to see them.

[Kevin]

Kevin, you might have seen a recent movie on PBS called Raptors, I think. It was about Raptors anyway, and most of it was filmed right here a few miles from where I live. We have cliffs on both sides of the Mississippi River, for miles, hundreds of miles. Not sure why they got scarse, but we have them here now and they are still being intorduced. That movie had quite a piece on just peregrins and their cliff nests. Scarey filming. I don't like those kinds of heights. :)

But they like the high ground, and they don't fly around looking for a bird to hit. They sit up on a perch and wait, and when they see one, they go for it from the perch. Could be a cliff or a building or a branch in an 80 foot tree. Seen it right here. They are very fast. :)
I haven't seen that special on PBS and a quick search on PBS came up empty, but I will search more throughly later. Thanks for the info Mitch and I'm glad you have cliffs:). Thanks again for the info.

[Sindri Skulason]

Excellent shots. Sharp with great details. The 40D seems to be a good match for the 500/f4. Very well done indeed. :-)

[Stephen Stephen]

Kevin, you're very fortunate to have such a willing subject. Nice captures!

[dazzlebea]

Kevin, great captures. i like the spread tail with its tattered feathers. Well done :)

[Kevin]

Excellent shots. Sharp with great details. The 40D seems to be a good match for the 500/f4. Very well done indeed. :-)
Thanks Sindri, the 40D and the 500 are indeed a good match.

Kevin, you're very fortunate to have such a willing subject. Nice captures!
Thanks Stephen. She was not bothered by me just the opposite.

Kevin, great captures. i like the spread tail with its tattered feathers. Well done :)
Thanks Bea. By the looks of her tail feathers she has had a rough first year.