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Feb 10, 2015 08:49 |  #1

IMAGE: http://www.hakodatebirding.com/Bird-of-Prey-1/Raptors/i-c4k4spn/0/XL/_MG_5369-XL.jpg

I snuck up on a feeding Peregrine on one of the local beaches a couple of days ago...............and it was a bit of a gory sight as it pulled apart its prey. Some kind of duck I guess, a female Harlequin? A female Black Scoter or Scaup perhaps?

As I've noticed before the pics look soft in Firefox on my monitor and much better in Chrome.


IMAGE: http://www.hakodatebirding.com/Bird-of-Prey-1/Raptors/i-fN2WJTw/0/XL/_MG_5176-XL.jpg


IMAGE: http://www.hakodatebirding.com/Bird-of-Prey-1/Raptors/i-d8TTLxS/0/XL/_MG_5322-XL.jpg

Reminded me a bit of the Walking Dead from the other night.


IMAGE: http://www.hakodatebirding.com/Bird-of-Prey-1/Raptors/i-CTJ9Bsk/0/XL/_MG_5246-XL.jpg

Those feathers must tickle though.............


IMAGE: http://www.hakodatebirding.com/Bird-of-Prey-1/Raptors/i-cDRx5xn/0/XL/_MG_5276-XL.jpg

All taken with the 7DM2 and 500 f4 MK2, uncropped or only cropped very slightly for composition purposes. I have no idea why it was so tame, usually they are very wary...............I think it may have been more concerned about Kites/Crows stealing its prize than a human pointing a camera at it.

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Feb 10, 2015 08:51 |  #2

Great series. Many raptors are much less concerned about us when they have food.


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Feb 10, 2015 09:04 |  #3

Sweet images, TFS




  
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Feb 10, 2015 10:51 |  #4

Firefox here, they look plenty sharp to me. Nice set.


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Feb 10, 2015 10:55 |  #5

Excellent series ... current version of FF (35.0.1) here - looks sharp.


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Feb 10, 2015 11:41 |  #6

Great series.well done.........


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Feb 10, 2015 17:49 |  #7

Thanks for the nice comments..............​.


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Feb 10, 2015 17:57 |  #8

Nice find and timing, well done.


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Feb 10, 2015 20:23 |  #9

Great Job


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Feb 11, 2015 04:06 |  #10

Excellent set of shots, well done.


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Feb 11, 2015 19:28 |  #11

very cool...nice job of sneaking up on the bird...i really dig the feather one


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Feb 12, 2015 12:47 |  #12

Superb captures.


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