Peregrine falcon

[jaingorenard]

Not a great photo, admittedly, but I thought some might be interested in seeing this Peregrine falcon, sitting on top of Norwich cathedral spire. I believe this is the female. This is taken on my crap Chinese-made phone, through an 80x scope. The spire is over a kilometre away. It looks a lot better through the scope without the phone between...

 

[BingBong]

Not a great photo, admittedly, but I thought some might be interested in seeing this Peregrine falcon, sitting on top of Norwich cathedral spire. I believe this is the female. This is taken on my crap Chinese-made phone, through an 80x scope. The spire is over a kilometre away. It looks a lot better through the scope without the phone between...View attachment 331671

I visited Symonds Yat some years ago, RSPB man there on the viewing point with telescopes and such, inviting us to look at the Peregrines nesting in the cliffs. "That's the female", he said, "she's twice the size of the male" - well, I told him, we'd seen much the same phenomenon among the population of Monmouth. He couldn't possibly pass comment.

 

[greeneyes]

Not a great photo, admittedly, but I thought some might be interested in seeing this Peregrine falcon, sitting on top of Norwich cathedral spire. I believe this is the female. This is taken on my crap Chinese-made phone, through an 80x scope. The spire is over a kilometre away. It looks a lot better through the scope without the phone between...View attachment 331671

What do you suppose he's got his eyes on? Pigeons in the square perhaps? Saw a falcon catch a baby cottontail rabbit here in the backyard just the other day. Majestic, elegant animals.

 

[captainsousie]

Watch the birdie

 

[kcghost]

It is just tremendous to watch a Peregrine go into their famous dive!!

 

[bullet08]

Have a few bird of prey around here. My dogs are around 20 lbs each. We make sure dogs aren't looking too appetizing to the birds.

 

[Ahi Ka]

It took me over half of the first post to realise I was not going to see a pic of a falcon pipe. Gutted.

 

[jaingorenard]

What do you suppose he's got his eyes on? Pigeons in the square perhaps? Saw a falcon catch a baby cottontail rabbit here in the backyard just the other day. Majestic, elegant animals.

It sat up there for hours; maybe just keeping an eye! But they do take pigeons around there pretty regularly. On New Year's Day I saw the two Peregrines seeing off a Buzzard, which aren't a particularly common sight in the city.

 

[jaingorenard]

It took me over half of the first post to realise I was not going to see a pic of a falcon pipe. Gutted.

Some of my Falcons are on a stand up there, next to the scope; does that count?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Some of my Falcons are on a stand up there, next to the scope; does that count?

Yes that certainly does…well enough to have triggered my PAD. I just purchased a falcon 20minutes ago