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A Peregrine Falcon...

...perhaps my best shots of this famous predator yet. But why is this bird famous, you ask? This bird holds the worldwide record of the fastest diving speed. He

Bird breeder lost a prize.

This high treetop is the territory of a Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). Thankfully, not every day that we see this, but nature has its own rules. Note: This

The famous Peregrine falcon, and some other birds.

The Peregrine Falcon is a juvenile, and I had to search for this one. It was that call that alerted me to the Peregrine's presence. I have posted the peregrines

The king of the falcons and a young hawk.

He came over very high up, and I zoomed him on the wrong camera setting. It is a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), and his dive is the fastest of all the birds

A Peregrine Falcon with prey.

Not often that I get this famous bird with its catch on camera. Why is the bird famous? Its attacking dive is the fastest in the world. No other bird can dive as

Ah! He caught himself a molting snake.

At first when I saw the falcon far away, it looked like some kind of cloth that it had. But as it came closer high up ((photo above), I saw the sun dried skins coming

A falcon in flight.

I went into the territory of a Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus) with the idea to get him in flight. Maybe I would also catch him on camera attacking some prey. Not

A day for speed.

And what better icon for speed than the famous Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)? These birds can clock 320+ km/h in their dives, and they are reckoned as the

A spell of creativity.

I saw the sun halo forming and decided to do something different with it. No that's not my face in the halo, as it is the head of a Cheetah statue in the sun halo

The world-famous Peregrine Falcon on show. The fastest bird in the world.

The early morning rain clouds were moving away, and we had coffee at one of the disabled children care centers. What a luck, as on instinct, or as usual I took a

Merlin: A Falcon with an Attitude

Hawk watchers are known to say that if a small falcon passes another raptor without taking a pass at harassing the other bird, it is probably not a Merlin Falco

An almost impossible find.

I saw that there was a bird at the top of that insulated tower. Definitively not a dove, or a pigeon and it had to be something else. But impossible to get the bird

2022 NFL Season Preview NFC South

Day seven of the “Division Prediction Marathon” brings us to the NFC South which includes the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, and the

Kyle Pitts 2021 NFL Rookie Card - Panini Rated Rookie - Atlanta Falcons Tight End

I've watched a lot of college highlights of a lot of NFL prospects over the past few years and I still remember being pretty mind blown after watching Kyle Pitts's

Our Smallest Falcon

American Kestrel Falco sparverius is the smallest of the six regularly occuring falcons in the western hemisphere regularly. There are 13 kestrel species in the

Peregrine Falcon: The Wanderer

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus The Peregrine falcon, whose latin species name peregrinus is tranalated as "wanderer" is one of the most widespread of

A lovely Rock Kestrel.

Summer and now the Rock Kestrel has returned to the tree where they nest. I also have some Ravens in flight at the end of the post. Out in nature again and try as

Winter Raptors

Rough-legged Hawk In western Washington State in the summer we see mostly Red-tailed hawks Buteo jamaicensis and Bald Eagles Haliaeetus leucocephalus as our diurnal

We are at 37 Celsius right now.

Law and order on high alert as people flock to the beaches in the heat. The Falcon and us had the same idea. Get out early before the heat peak to get our things

Matty Ice and the Falcons need to go off for the Titans tonight

Matty Ice himself! Src The media's latest tactic to refuse to recognize the Titans is by showering the Patriots with attention. The Titans have gotten some respect