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<\/p>\nPeregrine Falcons aren’t noted for their table manners and this one needed just\u00a0a little cleaning up after dinner.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I photographed this falcon in the early evening of\u00a03 March, 2014 near Capitol Reef National Park.\u00a0 It had been feeding on a dead Cinnamon Teal in the middle of a rural road.\u00a0 The duck may or may not have been road kill – there were indicators pointing both ways and I’m just not sure.\u00a0 Either way, when I returned to the area a while later both falcon and duck were gone so I suspect the bird had a fine meal.\u00a0 In this shot\u00a0duck bits are barely visible\u00a0on the tip of the bill and there’s\u00a0blood on the feet.<\/p>\n I seldom have opportunities to photograph Peregrines so I was delighted to spend some time with this handsome (though messy)\u00a0bird.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peregrine Falcons aren’t noted for their table manners and this one needed just a little cleaning up after dinner.<\/p>\n