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Peregrine falcon and green heron

Peregrine falcon and green heron

My top shot ever done.

My top shot ever done.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 320 Shutter 1/8000 Focal Length 420/1

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Mar, 2016

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Eat mostly insects but also small mammals and birds. The smallest and most colorful falcon.

Quite common in North America.

Uncommon visitor in winter but easy to shot.

Nesting male in Quebec city area.

Very intelligent and easily tamed.

Quite common in Quebec during fall migration

Rare fall migrator in Quebec.

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Florida is the ideal place to catch ospreys.

Larks are wintering visitors in Quebec. It took a while before I could catch dynamic shots.

Male display. Courtship going on.

I use an IPod to attract this bird on the right perch.

Spring migrator in Quebec

The most beautiful sea ducks fly back in rapid rivers to mate.

The most common hawk in Quebec. They feed on small rodents and passerines.

Caught in Central Park, New York.

Adult male captured at the end of the day.

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