ML641424018
Contributor
Hareesh R Iyer Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Vellanathuruthu
Kollam, Kerala, India
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Carrying food; Flying; Foraging or eating
Media notes
spontaneous dive-in of a Laggar Falcon from nowhere and grabbing a Tibetan Sand Plover for breakfast
Observation details
We were walking back to conclude the beachcombing session, and there were plovers, sanderlings, and whimbrels wading on the shore actively without minding us. We tried to get some nice close snaps of the birds and started to leave the field immediately, out of nowhere, a bird appeared like a flash and snatched a Tibetan Sand Plover and went to the sky. We all got snaps of the action. Initially, we thought that it is a peregrine falcon. Later, on close verification of the bird, it is felt that it is not peregrine falcon. Later shared the image to Kerala Bird Monitoring group and confirmed as Laggar Falcon. Photograph uploaded
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Lens
- TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 483 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Dimensions
- 2925 pixels x 2340 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.4 MB