ML504493351

Age

Not specified

Sex

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Observation details

***Second eBird record for Indonesia (and fifth overall record from what we can find), though likely a scarce migrant/under-reported species due to lack of coverage. Eaton et al mentions four records of Eurasian Hobby for Indonesia - two from West Java: one collected in February 1927 and 5 observed between September and November 2012, a single record from Layang-Layang in September 1998, and an immature collected on Timor in January 1896. We observed a smaller, sleeker-winged Falcon zip overhead on a walk southeast of Malakoni (just past the large river). After talking some photos and processing the views we had, we knew we had seen a hobby and not a Peregrine Falcon. Only a couple minutes later further down the road, we encountered a juv. Peregrine sitting in a tree - offering a great comparison of the two species - and when it flew, we had nice views of its much broader wings and streaking extending through its undertail. Photos obtained show a hobby with a yellow cere, sharp facial pattern and mustachial stripes, and light buffy wash on its undertail and base of its wings, all pointing away from Oriental Hobby and towards Eurasian.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

EF300mm f/4L IS USM

ISO

250

Focal length

300 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/4.5

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

768 pixels x 512 pixels

Original file size

124.26 KB