{"id":42193,"date":"2016-09-18T05:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=42193"},"modified":"2016-09-18T06:01:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T12:01:39","slug":"finally-another-approachable-prairie-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/18\/finally-another-approachable-prairie-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally – Another Approachable Prairie Falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been over three years since I’ve been able to closely approach a Prairie Falcon in the Centennial Valley but yesterday it finally happened again. And this time it was an adult bird instead of a less skittish juvenile.<\/p>\n

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The falcon was perched on a cattle chute next to the South Road in the valley but I was bummed because I had to pass it and then shoot back at it in order to get acceptable light on the bird and I just knew it would spook as I passed – they always<\/em> do.<\/p>\n

But incredibly this bird stuck and I was able to get off 59 shots before it took off (it turned away from me as it did so of course). I may have been able to get even closer but doing so would have given me less desirable light on the bird. It didn’t give me much pose variety but I’m not going to whine about that.<\/p>\n

It’s only an image of a bird on a post but hey, it’s a Prairie Falcon!<\/p>\n

This encounter brought back memories for me of one of the most memorable experiences I’ve ever had with a bird – another Centennial Valley Prairie Falcon. Relatively new blog followers may never have seen those posts so I provide links to them below. The story only makes sense if you read them in sequence.<\/p>\n