{"id":29806,"date":"2015-02-27T06:05:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T13:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=29806"},"modified":"2015-03-02T06:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T13:27:00","slug":"peregrine-falcon-on-prey-and-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/27\/peregrine-falcon-on-prey-and-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine Falcon On Prey And In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t often have opportunities with Peregrine Falcons in flight but this\u00a0bird changed my fortunes for the better.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I came across the\u00a0falcon slightly less than a year ago as it was feeding on a duck in the middle of a rural road near Bicknell, Utah. (photographers may be interested in the effects of depth of field at f\/6.3\u00a0on the road surface)<\/p>\n

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\"peregrine<\/p>\n

1\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The bird\u00a0flushed and landed in some nearby trees but eventually it circled a few times which gave me some opportunities for flight shots (you can see duck debris and blood on its bill and feet).\u00a0 It became obvious that the bird wasn’t very happy to have been forced off its meal so I left to photograph some nearby Sandhill Cranes.\u00a0 For obvious reasons it always worries me when I see a raptor feeding on something on a road (this duck may or may not have been road kill) but when I returned later in the morning both duck and falcon were gone so I believe there was a happy ending.<\/p>\n

We’re in the middle of a stormy\/cloudy period\u00a0and it looks like I won’t have much opportunity for bird photography in the foreseeable future so you may (or may not) see more older shots posted here than usual for a while.\u00a0 I already have cabin fever and it’s only been a few days.<\/p>\n

I can only imagine how some of you folks back east must\u00a0feel…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t often have opportunities with Peregrine Falcons in flight but this bird changed my fortunes for the better.<\/p>\n

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