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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Red-footed Falcon

At the moment there are dozens of these falcons sitting on the telephone wires alongside the roads. We stopped and I took photos of the male but have not yet seen the female. 

Red-footed Falcon (Male) 

This is one of the few birds where the male is less pretty than the female. The male is overall dark blue-gray with a deep chestnut vent. The female has a rufous crown and neck and buffy underparts with a red eye ring and red legs. 

These birds are common non-breeding Palearctic; if I manage to see females and photograph them, I will post here again. 

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU ALL! 

5 comments:

  1. You are so fortunate to have so many in your area

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  2. Hello, I always enjoy seeing these birds from your part of the world. Cool bird and great shots. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your day!

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  3. I did not even know there are birds that the female is the prettier of the two.. now I do.

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  4. Wow!! This bird, AND your photos are VERY impressive.

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  5. So great bird! I hope you will see soon the famale Red-footed falcon!

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