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Best Monday Morning Mystery Ever?
What's "wrong" with this picture?
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Thanks! I took a stab at the prey ID in your follow up post.
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Wow. You have an eye for detail.
I photographed the Peregrine at State Line Hawk Watch in Alpine on Sunday. -
Cool picture of a song bird in the talons ….
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Peregrine Falcon with a bird prey in its talons. The Peregrine has an all dark head instead of the typical sideburns seen on Peregrines in NJ, so ? Peale’s race originating from Pacific Northwest vs. (descendent) of reintroduced bird. Where was this photo taken?
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I just don’t think this is an osprey. Maybe a compilation of different bird attributes? A fake bird? I see 4 feet, none are the shape of an osprey’s talons, a badly proportioned body for an osprey, a wingspan not long enough, and aren’t they white underneath?
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Karen says…
I believe it has too many legs so it must be carrying..a catch. -
That’s what it looks like to me.
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That is a big, bad falcon but I assume the mystery has to do with whatever is in, or on, its belly, and that I don’t have a clue. Will be interested if you or someone can explain.
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Those aren’t an osprey’s talons. Is it carrying a small bird, tucked close to its body.
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9 comments
Diane L.
Thanks! I took a stab at the prey ID in your follow up post.
Jim Wright
Wow. You have an eye for detail.
I photographed the Peregrine at State Line Hawk Watch in Alpine on Sunday.
Ginny
Cool picture of a song bird in the talons ….
Diane L.
Peregrine Falcon with a bird prey in its talons. The Peregrine has an all dark head instead of the typical sideburns seen on Peregrines in NJ, so ? Peale’s race originating from Pacific Northwest vs. (descendent) of reintroduced bird. Where was this photo taken?
Pat Price
I just don’t think this is an osprey. Maybe a compilation of different bird attributes? A fake bird? I see 4 feet, none are the shape of an osprey’s talons, a badly proportioned body for an osprey, a wingspan not long enough, and aren’t they white underneath?
Karen
Karen says…
I believe it has too many legs so it must be carrying..a catch.
Steven Noel Roth
That’s what it looks like to me.
Michael Pollock
That is a big, bad falcon but I assume the mystery has to do with whatever is in, or on, its belly, and that I don’t have a clue. Will be interested if you or someone can explain.
Tom Pollard
Those aren’t an osprey’s talons. Is it carrying a small bird, tucked close to its body.