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wow! you were in the right place at the
right time! you can see the apprehension in
her eyes! incredible shot!
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Holy cow! I'm glad you're safe. Amazing
shot.
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What an amazing stare from the bird. Do share
your story!
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Cool! great shot. Glad you survived!
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Wow!
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Looking forward to the story. Great shot.
Love the eyes that look right through you.
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Awesome!
Pierre
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omg, omg, omg that is amazing!!!
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so beautiful...
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I'm looking forward to that story, too.
Great picture.
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Those are some very intense looking eyes. I
can't wait for the story.
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you fearless photog, you caught a most
dramatic moment with a fierce looking bird of
prey!
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Absolutely fantastic. You lucky woman to see
this. I'm soooo envious. What a beauty.
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Amazing! You are so lucky
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Gorgeous.
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This is awesome. Glad you're okay, but I'll
bet you wouldn't have missed this for the
world.
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LeChatMachine [deleted] says:
Wow ! Congrats!
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pretty!
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wow, catherine! this is superb!! you only had
a moment and it was a dangerous one at that.
yet it's so clear and the colors are
stunning. wonderful my friend!
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great shot, gardens can be a great and scarey
place.if you are the prey
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Nice of her (are you sure it's not a he?) to
hang around while you got your camera
together.
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I love it ! Just perfect !
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Gorgeous! Wonderful snap!
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looks like a bengal tiger! that can fly!
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Well, I have since found out (I think) that
this is a Merlin falcon (female)- a bird of
prey native to the prairies. They're about
2/3 the size of a Peregrine.
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how wonderful to have this type of visitor in
your garden...oops - maybe you're actually
the visitor in his garden....stunning take.
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magnificent shot.
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Earlier this year I was able to photograph a
sparrowhawk eating a pigeon just outside my
mother's window. They're usually easily
scared away so I didn't get as close as I'd
like. I'm astonished this hawk went for you.
Aren't they beautiful? Your photo captures
their fierce take on life.
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The intensity of this is breathtaking. What
a spectacular shot.
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I had a very close encounter with a peregrine
falcon on my local bridge earlier this year.
I biked right past it and then noticed it,
not 8 feet behind me and only 2 feet up on
the top of a fence. Staring. Intently. I
stood and stared back for a good long time,
maybe 4 minutes, and then decided to be on my
way. (Since they had fledglings in the nest
at the time, and I could hear them, I thought
he was probably trying to draw potential
danger away from the nest.)
The webcam is deactivated for the season,
but there are several falcon cams in New York
State, accessible through this page:
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/en
dspec/webcam...
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Cool!
Where I come from in Nova Scotia (nearish
to the Gaspereau River) there is an Eagle sanctuary that I like to
visit when I am home although I have only
ever gotten one or two decent photos of one.
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Prairie cities rule for falcon watching.
Merlins are very common, and Winnipeg,
Edmonton, and IIRC Saskatoon have active
Peregrine nests in some of the larger
buildings downtown.
Here in Vancouver I've often seen falcons
around - Merlins mostly. But hawks are a lot
more common. Especially in winter.
Pierre
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Wow that's an awesome looking bird. He does
look pretty scarey!
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Beautiful Photo. Impressive how close how
close you got to it.
However I am fairly certain that is not a
merlin. I have never seen a merlin with
yellow iris, either in live birds or in
photos. The beak shape is also different.
The merlin's beak is usually alot shorter.
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Cooper's Hawk not a merlin. Study the eyes.
Merlins have much different eyes. All
falcons have dark brown almost black eyes,
not yellow eyes. The short winged hawks;
Cooper's Hawks, Goshawks, and Sharp Shinned
Hawks, in the family accipiter all have
yellowish eyes in their juvenile year. The
eyes begin to turn orange, then dark red as
adults. This bird is either a Cooper's or a
goshawk, I can not tell exactly by this
picture. I am a master falconer and have
been studying birds of prey for 37 years.
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