The Migratory Raptor! - a photo on Flickriver

            The Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in large flocks across India and over the Arabian Sea to winter in Southern Africa. Males are dark grey with reddish brown thighs and undertail coverts; reddish orange eye-ring, cere, and feet. Females are duller above, with dark scaly markings on white underparts, an orange eye ring, cere, and legs. Only a pale wash of rufous is visible on their thighs and undertail coverts. Their diet consists mainly of insects, such as termites; during migration over the sea, they are thought to feed on migrating dragonflies.
The Amur falcon breeds in east Asia from the Transbaikalia, Amurland, and northern Mongolian region to parts of North Korea. They migrate in a broad front through India and Sri Lanka, sometimes further east over Thailand and Cambodia and then over the Arabian Sea, sometimes in passage on the Maldives and other islands to reach southern Africa. Birds going over India are thought to be aided by strong winds blowing westward. These winds are strong at an altitude of about 3000m and the birds are thought to fly at a height of above 1000m during migration. The route taken to return to their breeding grounds runs slightly more northward. Vagrants have been recorded as far west as in Italy, Sweden, Tristan da Cunha, St. Helena and the United Kingdom.

This beautiful second year female Amur Falcon is a lifer and was photographed on an early morning game drive in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
   

Taken in: Kenya / Taita Taveta / Kilaguni (show map)

Taken on: April 21, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, f/5.6, 1/800 sec, 600mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-4/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh)
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