Location
Saint Martin Island, Lesser Antilles
West Indies
Metadata
Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 mm f/2.8G
at 400 mm
Exposure 1/320 s, f/5.3, ISO 320
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Deutsch Buntfalke Dutch Amerikaanse Torenvalk
Italian Gheppio americano Spanish Cernícalo Americano
Comments
This beautiful falcon lives in a variety of habitats, but not dense forests or tundras. It eats large insects, mice and small birds but also lizards (as in here), amphibians and scorpions. It is said that its life expectancy in the wild is no more than 2-5 years.
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| 03/07/2006 |
American Kestrel |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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