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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Vince on January 18, 2011, 11:03:19 PM

Title: Peregrine Falcon - some of my shots
Post by: Vince on January 18, 2011, 11:03:19 PM

For those who are not squeamish, here are my shots taken at the same time as Sue
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mGRLtyQvsmE/TTZdLyICgFI/AAAAAAAACE4/BEYSOP-kwq4/s800/DSC_1434.JPG)
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mGRLtyQvsmE/TTZdS7_OAQI/AAAAAAAACE8/HpALWCr7wXE/s800/DSC_1468.JPG)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mGRLtyQvsmE/TTZdXCXGmSI/AAAAAAAACFA/1oeXYPS6tzs/s800/DSC_1484.JPG)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mGRLtyQvsmE/TTZdpp6Q0MI/AAAAAAAACFI/vwN6X3IaqUo/s800/DSC_1498-1.JPG)

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mGRLtyQvsmE/TTZdcJZu9-I/AAAAAAAACFE/ZD72XHtY6GQ/s800/DSC_1488.JPG)

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Post by: BIGFRANK on January 19, 2011, 12:30:59 AM

From the great shots Vince and Luv2Bird got I was able to ID the Peregrine. It is the resident female named Cirrus. She was hatched in 2006 at AT &T in Dayton Ohio. Ive let the Ohio DNR Peregrine folks know. Its great to know the pair is around,as there has been alot of work on the bridge and that could drive them off.
Luv2Bird and Vince have allowed me to make a posting to the Canadian Peregrine Foundation website about their sighting and using their great photos! Thanks again!!

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Post by: feathered on January 19, 2011, 08:10:47 AM

Amazing shots.

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Post by: denis on January 19, 2011, 09:27:02 AM

nice shots vince.
the new toys,seem to be working quite well.

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Post by: dbellilo on January 19, 2011, 11:42:25 AM

Wonderful, Vince! Thanks so much for sharing!

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Post by: Luv2Bird on January 19, 2011, 12:44:21 PM

Thanks  BIGFRANK ...  it's thrilling and gratifying to get an ID for this bird.  Thanks for posting on CPF site! I'm sure the Ohio people will be thrilled too

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Post by: Vince on January 19, 2011, 06:05:17 PM

Thanks for all the comments and to Frank for providing the interesting information. The toy is working nicely Denis but I'm still getting used to both camera and lens.

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Post by: JW Mills on January 19, 2011, 09:08:16 PM

Nice series!

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Post by: Bird Brain on January 19, 2011, 10:14:43 PM

The expression on her face and in her eyes is really something else!   8)

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Post by: ravynne40 on January 20, 2011, 10:14:14 PM

I love #4, what a character! almost looks like he's hamming it up for your camera.

Beautiful shots.

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Post by: beresford on January 21, 2011, 03:44:08 PM

Some awesome shots. What a fearsome looking bird!

Thanks for posting.

Tim

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Post by: Vince on January 21, 2011, 06:46:13 PM

Thanks again for your comments. We were lucky Sue spotted her. She was pretty awesome and much more interested in her lunch than us taking pics. Notice the spot of blood on top of her head in #4.

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Post by: silverfoxx on January 23, 2011, 12:32:38 PM

Quote from: "BIGFRANK"

From the great shots Vince and Luv2Bird got I was able to ID the Peregrine. It is the resident female named Cirrus. She was hatched in 2006 at AT &T in Dayton Ohio. Ive let the Ohio DNR Peregrine folks know. Its great to know the pair is around,as there has been alot of work on the bridge and that could drive them off.
Luv2Bird and Vince have allowed me to make a posting to the Canadian Peregrine Foundation website about their sighting and using their great photos! Thanks again!!

Can you explain how you ID the bird?

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Post by: Vince on January 23, 2011, 10:02:47 PM

My wife Sue had sent some pictures to Big Frank. One shot showed the ID band with the numbers visible and Frank was able to identify it. Log on to http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/ (http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/) and click on the Latest Views tab for January 18th.
Vince