Sure hope you do not get bored of my "bird" photos :)
July 14th 2007
When i came downstairs this morning and opened up the kitchen blinds, i couldn't believe what i saw. There was a Bird of Prey on my lawn eating his kill. This is something I've never seen before and you don't see many birds like this in the south of England. Unfortunately, i didn't have my Olympus camera set up, so i grabbed my Kodak Z740 and crept outside and took some shots of this amazing bird. I then got my book on birds out and i am pretty sure that it is a Peregrine Falcon. But if anyone knows different, then please do let me know. Here are a few photos from this morning.
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These are really great, Neil. Thanks for puting them in here so we could be introduced to Mr. Falcon. He looks pretty serious about it being HIS kill!
Definitely a Peregrine Falcon. They are such awesome birsd. Thank you so much for sharing this shots with us. maybe you could crop some of the grass out to bring him nto a closer view. It looks like a young male.
These are beautiful brds. You have captured the personality of this one really well.
Good work!
I've done a little research, my husband being my primary source of information. Jon's favorite bird is the Peregrine Falcon and he has said that this is a female. There isn't enough blue on her to be a male. It's difficult for me to see the size for sure as there is really nothing to compare her size to but when I went looking at other pictures of Peregrines I discovered that she certainly does look like one. I think I am going to believe Jon on this one. It would be like me being asked about owls (which is my favorite group of birds).
Beautiful pictures for sure. I think they are among the best I've seen. I think your camera did a lovely job.
Hugs
Heather
Thanks for the comments everyone and glad you enjoyed the pictures :)
Heather, you mentioned Owls are your favourite birds. Not sure if you saw my thread on Owls. If not, and you are interested, just click the link below.
http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=6215.0
I have a caption for the last picture.
"What are you looking at, sucker?"