ML233314291
Contributor
Anna Whitehead Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
230 Waiohine Valley Road, Woodside NZ-Wellington (-41.0387,175.3944)
South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Two birds together, perched in large flotsam tree in middle of river, one much smaller. Saw smaller one first as it began to hunt a fantail in, out and around the tree and sometimes to other side of river (fantail avoiding capture), then both returning to perch in the tree; then second larger falcon appeared, but remained perched while the smaller falcon tried to catch the fantail, still unsuccesfully. Watched them for 30 mins before they flew off. Apologies for blurry photos but included as they document the sighting event. Photo 4 (ML233314291) shows blurry fantail avoiding capture by the falcon and photo 5 (ML233314311) shows falcon poised to attack the fantail below it.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D5100
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 250 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 1848 pixels x 2098 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.11 MB