ML347732291

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I spotted this bird when it was sitting on a electric pole wire. At first I thought of it as a eurasian hobby and clicked a photo to be sure, when I zoomed in on the picture I saw a noticeable beak and feet colour which was reddish orange. I was sure at that time and eliminated Eurasian hobby. Another thought that made me sure it was Amur falcon was because a few days back another birder from Ladakh spotted Amur falcon at spituk which was a male. So, i somewhat had the idea that it could very well be a Amur falcon. Another confusion was if it was a red footed falcon? But after carefully examining the pictures and taking several books and information as reference I eliminated red footed falcon also. The main characteristics of Amur falcon was that it hovers in the sky at least 4-8 meters high from the ground and descends down towards ground catching insects. I found it was feeding on insects in an open grassland area. It was catching the insects and eating in mid air and then came to rest back to the electric poles.Either a female or First year male. A beautiful raptor feeding on insects.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 700D

Lens

150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary 015

ISO

400

Focal length

600 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/14.0

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

1719 pixels x 1146 pixels

Original file size

236.9 KB