{"id":88227,"date":"2020-08-06T05:38:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=88227"},"modified":"2020-08-06T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:00:54","slug":"prairie-falcon-struggling-with-large-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/06\/prairie-falcon-struggling-with-large-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Falcon Struggling With Large Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Way back in November of 2012 I watched as she killed the duck out on the water of the Great Salt Lake and then patiently waited for it to wash ashore so she could enjoy her hard earned meal. It’s bordering on too large for her to pluck out of the water and fly with and she knew it.<\/p>\n

As she began to eat the waves kept washing over the duck and disturbing her feeding routine so here she’s attempting to drag it further away from the water. Pulling the duck over the large rocks was extremely difficult for her so she really struggled which made for many interesting photos. Last night I ran across this one that I’ve never posted before so I thought it deserved to see the light of day.<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to photograph the entire process from the original kill out on the water until much later when she had consumed most of the duck. I documented that experience eight years ago and most veterans of Feathered Photography have seen that post or another one similar to it. But if you’re fairly new to my blog and you have the interest the original post can be seen here<\/a><\/span><\/span>. That was early in my blogging career so the text isn’t particularly well written but I think some of the photos are spectacular.<\/p>\n

This experience was among the two or three most memorable I’ve had in the field in 13 years of photographing birds. It’s seared so indelibly into my memory I don’t even need the photos to remember it well.<\/p>\n

But I’m glad I have them anyway.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A Northern Shoveler is unusually large prey for a Prairie Falcon but this young female pulled off the kill in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

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