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I have been monitoring and photographing a pair of peregrine falcons before they mated, during their mating process until the eggs hatched 2 weeks ago. This momma of 3 chicks and she was enjoying the morning sun, it seems. The image itself is fine and it shows a little bit more than a simple perch but not much action really. I was looking at the feather pattern on my monitor closely earlier today and I saw a mite on her right wing! The first image was already cropped some but the second one was cropped significantly to show the mite. It is in the 3rd row of feathers from above. I never knew that mites do plague falcons...

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave any feedback,
Joshua


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Momma peregrine falcon


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Mite on her right wing

May 24, 2020 at 11:02 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

1 is great Joshua. 2 is very interesting ~ Ron

May 25, 2020 at 08:04 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

that's what is called nit picking, Joshua. Or is it mite picking.

Great find, my friend.

May 25, 2020 at 10:08 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

Great shot, as usual. Yes, even hummingbirds get mites, mostly unhealthy hummers. When banding hummers they check for mites.

Tony

May 25, 2020 at 10:56 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

surfnron wrote:
1 is great Joshua. 2 is very interesting ~ Ron

Thank you very much, Ron!

kdacharya wrote:
that's what is called nit picking, Joshua. Or is it mite picking.

Great find, my friend.

Haha, KD, thank you for your kind and right on the money feedback!

Imagemaster wrote:
Great shot, as usual. Yes, even hummingbirds get mites, mostly unhealthy hummers. When banding hummers they check for mites.

Tony

Thank you very much, Tony! Ah, okay, I didn't know that.

May 25, 2020 at 11:33 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

The first is excellent Joshua. If the second were sharper it would be a wonderful abstract.

Morris

May 25, 2020 at 01:06 PM

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morris wrote:
The first is excellent Joshua. If the second were sharper it would be a wonderful abstract.

Morris

Thank you very much, Morris! The second image was a large crop of the first and as you can see from the first image, the focus was on the eye of the female falcon, the way it was intended. The wing is barely in the DOF but transition is gradual, of course. But I see your point though. FYI, the image was captured using a 24MP camera; had a 61MP full frame sensor been used, it would have been rendered with more details.

May 25, 2020 at 01:19 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

The first is terrific, perfectly done Joshua !

May 25, 2020 at 02:20 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

Pixel Peeper Extraordinaire! I would never have noticed something that’s practically camouflaged!

May 25, 2020 at 05:22 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

Extraordinary sharpness and pop to this image of a beautiful and powerful raptor. Thanks for sharing!

May 25, 2020 at 06:55 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Mite on Female Peregrine Falcon

nicely captured Joshua

May 26, 2020 at 03:33 AM

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torobouk wrote:
The first is terrific, perfectly done Joshua !

Thank you very much, torobouk!

bobbytan wrote:
Pixel Peeper Extraordinaire! I would never have noticed something that’s practically camouflaged!

Thank you very much, Bobby! I didn’t either but I wanted to look at the feather pattern closely and that’s when I discovered the mite. No, I wasn’t pixel peeping

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Tstop wrote:
Extraordinary sharpness and pop to this image of a beautiful and powerful raptor. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much, John!

kmunroe wrote:
nicely captured Joshua

Kenny, thank you for your kind feedback!

May 26, 2020 at 08:20 AM


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