lou salomon
the birdonist
i was afraid you did misinterprete that answer, nut. thus, my 'elaboration' on this point in #875.
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Nutcracker
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Yep, but that was earlier (post #867) 
To summarise again - a falcon (+ tomial tooth) that doesn't hunt mammals much (not one of the kestrels, nor Saker, Gyr, Prairie Falcons), at least occasionally takes mouse-plus size vertebrates, only rarely soars or stoops (so not a peregrine-type), doesn't store food (so not Eleonora's), migrates, and isn't in fear of Eurasian Sparrowhawks or sea-eagles.
17 Falco jugger, perhaps?
To summarise again - a falcon (+ tomial tooth) that doesn't hunt mammals much (not one of the kestrels, nor Saker, Gyr, Prairie Falcons), at least occasionally takes mouse-plus size vertebrates, only rarely soars or stoops (so not a peregrine-type), doesn't store food (so not Eleonora's), migrates, and isn't in fear of Eurasian Sparrowhawks or sea-eagles.
17 Falco jugger, perhaps?
lou salomon
the birdonist
Yep, but that was earlier (post #867)
To summarise again - a falcon (+ tomial tooth) that doesn't hunt mammals much (not one of the kestrels, nor Saker, Gyr, Prairie Falcons), at least occasionally takes mouse-plus size vertebrates, only rarely soars or stoops (so not a peregrine-type), doesn't store food (so not Eleonora's), migrates, and isn't in fear of Eurasian Sparrowhawks or sea-eagles.
17 Falco jugger, perhaps?
not a lagger. think towards its most common prey (which you haven't found out yet).
...and "to be in fear of" acc nisus and haliaaetus species is interpretable...why should a falcon live in fear of a sea eagle or a sparrowhawk?
foresttwitcher
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Would dragonflies be a common prey item?
Nutcracker
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Most common prey, I'm deducing large insects, followed by birds. Why in fear - a bird the size of a Kestrel or Hobby could be at risk when perched from a surprise attack by a Sparrowhawk; larger falcons would be able to fight them off OK. Agree, no significant risk from a sea-eagle - though I think that even a Gyr Falcon, if it was perched in the open, would fly off rather than stay perched when a sea-eagle approached, or it would be a 'sitting duck' prey. So it has some fear of it.
lou salomon
the birdonist
18. dragonflies - yes.
a fight with a sprawk at least as unlikely as eating a prey larger than a mouse
a fight with a sprawk at least as unlikely as eating a prey larger than a mouse
foresttwitcher
Virtually unknown member
Hobby.
lou salomon
the birdonist
19. hobby - nope.
big clue: it mostly 'lives in fear of' saker and steppe eagle.
big clue: it mostly 'lives in fear of' saker and steppe eagle.
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Nutcracker
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Red-footed Falcon?
lou salomon
the birdonist
20. no, the other one :-C
Nutcracker
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Dang!! Which other one? Amur Falcon barely overlaps Saker or Steppe Eagle?
lou salomon
the birdonist
but it does. true, red-foot overlaps more with the 2 mentioned sp. but it still is amur falcon (which you have mentioned before - so it's your turn now.) :gh::gh::gh:
- so it's your turn now.) :gh::gh::gh:
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lou salomon
the birdonist
what would be your take on this juvenile, recently seen in the banat (western plains of romania)? i had it a sure amur on first view but research reveals too much variability in both sp:
http://rombird.ro/ro/obd/13681/index?or=0&ord=desc&sel=&dt=&df=&src=&from=0&fromt=obl&fromid=0
http://rombird.ro/ro/obd/13681/index?or=0&ord=desc&sel=&dt=&df=&src=&from=0&fromt=obl&fromid=0
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Nee ideea! Never seen Amur, and never really read up on them much either, so I'll pass on that bird :-O
Next quiz bird - I'll hold fire for now as interest in the thread seems to have died off (very few recent contributors!). If anyone else is desperate to add their own new bird, go ahead :t: otherwise I might resurrect it in a week or two (or a month or two).
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