AGeoJO wrote: MIRANDA1 wroteAGeoJO wroteThis location is currently the best spot for bird photography in SoCal. Without traffic or weekend traffic like today, it is about an hour from where I live. But it is crowded with folks and the shooting space is tight. During the week, you have more room to maneuver around to get the shots but it takes double the time for me to go there.
I spent over 3 hours there yesterday. Hey, I have a new lens and I will be going for more this morning... 😜Beautiful shot Joshua, I would love to have access to a spot like that to see a Peregrine. The ones we have here are usually perched on the corners of building Thank you, Jose! But I have seen plenty of wonderful American Kestrel from you that I envied. I would like to photograph that bird.
True, the peregrine falcons at this location are something else and they put up excellent shows for quite sometime. The resident male that fathered several generations disappeared. The female didn't warm up to a younger male that came after him. Then that younger male disappeared again. Finally, the current male seems to fit the bill. They mated yesterday already. It is very soap operaish 😂 here.
Thanks Joshua, I'm a bit spoiled with access to American Kestrels, I had three of them show up the other day which was pretty crazy given that they are becoming more and more rare.
Falcon behaviour is pretty interesting for sure, the male Kestrel that I photograph quite a bit has become really indifferent to the female lately, she will often call out to him, fly over to his perch to mate and more often than not he'll fly-off to another perch, he's playing hard to get for sure.
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R35 American Kestrel had a new male visit his territory yesterday, this particular males has some striking breeding plumage including a very defined rusty red cap.
A1 mk2, 300GM with 2x extender.
