Location
Rancho Armadillo, Guanacaste
Costa Rica
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/800, f/10.0, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Deutsch Lachfalke Dutch Lachvalk
Italian Falco sghignazzante Spanish Halcón Reidor
Comments
Perches for long intervals on high, exposed branches, scanning ground for snakes; drops suddenly, seizes snake in heavily-scaled talons, decapitates it with a quick bite, carries it to a perch to eat; occasionally takes lizards and rodents. Emits laughing call when disturbed.
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| 13/03/2010 |
Laughing Falcon |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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