Lanner Falcon by danob
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Description
This Falcon gets its name for a double blade it has in its beak which makes it even better to tear apart the prey. However this is a common feature in Falcons anyway..
Most prey, but not all of the Lanner Falcon's kills is taken in the air, when the falcon descends to its prey and binds to it with a smack which can be heard some way off. It then carries it off.
Occasionally it will strike its prey in the air and allow it to drop to the ground, collecting it there, but this is less frequent behaviour.
When defending its nesting territory, it will often stoop with tremendous force at an animal it cannot hope to kill, which seems to be, nonetheless, an effective deterrent.
Can be difficult to ID at times as it does appear to look like both a Peregrine and a Sekar falcon.. The Peregrines have a darker hood and the Sekar falcon less prominant head markings on the side of the face.
Comments (40)
Beautiful capture...
awesome bird and capture.a handler could easily be seriously hurt by one of the hawks
Excellent capture, outstanding details and clarity. The colors are fantastic too. Superb!!
Great soth with good poss erland
Great POV and colours in this falcon.. I can see you don´t have the problem of sunshine i have here... but maybe you would like my sunshine some times. Excellent pic. Thank you for your reference. Hugs. Luis
Really an AMAZING shot ! Ciao.. :)
Very proud subject, and such breathtaking clarity! 5 STARS!!
Wonderful shot.
elegant bird of prey, nice shot
De Lannervalk (in Dutch). A beautiful capture !