Sunday, July 26, 2009

Peregrine


Thought this might be worth looking at folloing Nick's photo of a Peregrine with prey.
This stunning photo af a juvenile Peregrine was taken by David Crawshaw. Not in Calderdale I must add, but at Orford Ness (Suffolk). I thought the plumage detail/colour of the mantle etc was worth making a note of. A very sorry end to a Green Woodpecker, unfortunatley! Many thanks for the photo David.
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1 comment:

Matt Bell said...

A sparrowhawk took a green woodpecker in my garden about 3/4 years ago, with far less clinical grace. The poor woodpecker screamed like a rabbit.