ScreamingSwifts Senior Member 310 posts Likes: 39 Joined Nov 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia More info | Feb 24, 2011 22:38 | #1 I'm new to bird photography, but luckily a nearby lake has some willing subjects....    Purple Swamphen   Black-winged Stilt   And an unknown Raptor - would love an ID please. It was hunting dragonflys over the lake.   *Tanya* | My Flickr
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Feb 24, 2011 22:58 | #2 Great set of shots! Those Lorikeets sure are beautiful. Your unknown raptor looks like a Peregrine Falcon. Brad
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Shar824 Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 24, 2011 23:01 | #3 Beautiful shots, I agree with Brad's ID on that last one...Peregrine Falcon. Sharon
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ScreamingSwifts THREAD STARTER Senior Member 310 posts Likes: 39 Joined Nov 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia More info | Thank you, much appreciated *Tanya* | My Flickr
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bexi20 Senior Member  568 posts Joined Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta GA More info | Wow I love the first two. Canon 5D Mark II
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kmunroe Cream of the Crop 12,926 posts Joined Apr 2010 Location: Nova Scotia ,canada More info | Feb 25, 2011 04:05 | #6 nice set .. #5 for me
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dgraham329 Cream of the Crop 11,133 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Central Oklahoma More info | Feb 25, 2011 09:55 | #7 very nice series
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ScreamingSwifts THREAD STARTER Senior Member 310 posts Likes: 39 Joined Nov 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia More info | Feb 27, 2011 22:04 | #8 Thank you for the comments *Tanya* | My Flickr
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peregrineflier Goldmember  4,069 posts Likes: 9 Joined Jan 2010 More info | Feb 28, 2011 00:16 | #9 Nice, yes it looks like a Peregrine, but no, it is the little falcon , also known as the Australian Hobby http://www.raptor.org.au/flongipennis.html Thanks, Tom the Peregrineflier
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ScreamingSwifts THREAD STARTER Senior Member 310 posts Likes: 39 Joined Nov 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia More info | Feb 28, 2011 00:55 | #10 Ok, thanks Tom *Tanya* | My Flickr
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peregrineflier Goldmember 4,069 posts Likes: 9 Joined Jan 2010 More info | Feb 28, 2011 01:01 | #11 ScreamingSwifts wrote in post #11927503 Ok, thanks Tom  I may be back there tomorrow morning, so if it's around again I'll try to get a better pic, also get more of an idea of its size. I've not seen a hobby before, but it seemed bigger than a uk kestrel ?Ya, they are bigger rhan a kestel, but not as big as a Peregrine. It is a real nice find! Thanks, Tom the Peregrineflier
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I did think peregrine, but I'm used to birds panicking like mad in the UK when they see a peregrine (moved here a few months back), but none of the birds at the lake reacted to the falcon.....they must know it's happy with the plentiful fat dragonflies 
Lyle Washington