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Peregrine falcon
w32aphex

Peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus)

At least I think it is. A pair of them had just caught their dinner.
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Location
Falkland Islands
Date taken
April 2010
Scientific name
falco peregrinus
Equipment used
Canon 7D Canon 70-200 f4 L
Ken Doy
Possibly a male Red-backed ( Variable ) Hawk . Would be nice to see the other one .
Great capture .
Ken
 
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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What a great picture you've taken of this guy and a super addition to your Gallery too.

If you got more pictures of these birds, you might like to compare them with the [COLOR="Blue"]Variable Hawk[/COLOR] pictures on the Opus page, or scroll down to see more in the Gallery too.

You had a great time out there, didn't you w32aphex!!!!
 
KC Foggin
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A super capture of this beautiful BOP w32aphex. Nice work guy and that is one huge meal!
 
mali
Nice shot, welcome to Birdforum.Net...It doesn't look like a Peregrine to me.
 
w32aphex
I had a look at some variable hawk photos and I'm sure it's not one of them. I do have some other photos with a different bird that does look like the variable, has brown speckles etc, but definitely not a red back.

But to be fair I just liked the shooting. Amazing place, very much untouched by humanity in the way most other places are. I even have a photo of a Peale's dolphin.
 

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