Peregrine Falcon - a nest in Spain
Peregrine Falcon - description
The falcon falcon is a cosmopolitan widespread falconic bird. The female is significantly larger than the male and can reach up to the size of the raven. It has long pointed wings and a short tail that narrows to the end.
The coloring is the most striking characteristic dark "beard" on the white face. Its predators are predominantly birds up to the size of the duck.
The wingspan of the migratory falcon is 85 - 115 cm, body length
35 - 50 cm. Males weigh from 500 g to 750 g, females are significantly larger and weigh 910 to 1500 g. The size is variable as well as color, depending on which subspecies are. Larger species are larger, southern species are smaller.
The color of the falcons is very variable. The more northern the population,
the overall color is lighter, on the other hand, in the tropics, the color of the head and back can be black.
Peregrine Falcon, Alcalá de Henares - live
5.6 on the nest is the last falcon that has not yet dared to fly
4.6. the last two are getting ready for the flight, it has grown quickly!
20.5 Falcons already have rings
Ringing falcons on the chimney of ŠKO-ENERGO Mladá Boleslav, 30.4.2020
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=227026185230294
4. 5. At 07:21:20 the next catch (?) In a row is a white stork. Little did I know that falcons were able to catch such a big bird. I was convinced that it hunted birds the size of a pigeon. The prey brought was already solidified and it is possible that it is a dead individual, although falcons usually hunt live prey in flight ..
So that's a very strange catch for falcons. That a falcon would pick up a corpse?
… That letter was stiff as a board! If a falcon knocked it down in flight (which is the most common way of hunting) or caught it alive on the ground, the corpse would not solidify so quickly. Probably a really dead body, although a rather rare phenomenon .. I watched years ago, the whole nesting of falcons in Most and ninety percent of the prey were pigeons. In this case, most of them were ringed. Well, no doubt from some breeding, of which the breeder was probably not very happy and quite possibly did not even know where his pigeons were disappearing. 😀 Adolescents, swallowed bites and rings on the legs of pigeons and demonstrably they did not mind…
The pigeon is also most often prey here, I read in the cottage that the stork had already been here once. Apparently they didn't like it very much, the female with the stork left at 7:30:50.
3.5. ..In 06:58:00 another portion of pigeons in a row. The local quadrupeds grow literally like water and are very balanced in size. It is a pleasure to watch their feeding and successful development .. 🙂
27.4. feeding four squirrels
19.4 camera time 18:32 two chicks are born
31.3. four eggs
28.3 Falcon's Nest in Spain online again!
30.1 Falcon's Nest in Spain online again !!
28.5. 15: 38: 17 hrs last falcon leaves the nest.
28.5. In 6: 57: 17 Hour Third Falcon Leaves Nest.
26.5. 07: 53: The 37 second falcon flew out of the nest
25.5. 8,05 throw one falcon left the nest.