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Falco mexicanus
A medium size falcon with distinctive markings on its head and a heavily streaked chest.
Spotted at the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Spotted on Oct 15, 2019
Submitted on Dec 18, 2019
5 Comments
It's a wonderful spotting. I see birds of prey quite often, but I'm definitely the slow one. Half the time I don't even bother to try and photograph them, or if I do, it's just a dot :-/
Thanks so much Neil. I missed an amazing shot with this bird. If you look at the 3rd pic you can see something at the top of the picture that is barely showing. That is its mate that swooped down to it. Then the two of them flew off together. I just couldn't get me and my camera to react fast enough. Maybe next time! Cheers Neil!
Yes, totally correct. I do love that scowl, and it shows they mean business. Beautiful spotting, Brian. Cheers for sharing.
Thanks Tukup. Your so right!
Even the little hawks are majestic looking. I think it must be the built-in scowl that hawks have 😊 Nice catch Brian. Thanks.