{"id":44982,"date":"2017-02-15T05:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T12:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=44982"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:45:55","slug":"peregrine-falcon-stretching-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/02\/15\/peregrine-falcon-stretching-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine Falcon Stretching Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent forty-one minutes observing and photographing this Peregrine Falcon yesterday while it rested, preened and stretched right next to the Great Salt Lake<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon wing and tail stretch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
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I was in a vehicle pulled close to the side of the road using it as a mobile blind and the falcon appeared to be very relaxed during the entire forty-one minutes.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon stretching its wing and tail – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the time while I photographed this falcon it was resting with one foot drawn up under its feathers while it looked around, it even closed its eyes a few times. There were three times that the falcon stretched its wings which gave me these nice poses to share.<\/p>\n

The background in these images is the frozen Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon wing stretch – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The falcon gave me a few wing lifts to photograph too. I am glad it looked in my direction a couple of times while it stretched…<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon stretching its wings – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Lifted its wings over its body and fanned out its tail. This is such a beautiful bird! Those feet look huge.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon settling its wings from stretching – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Peregrine Falcon did take off from its perch it flew east over the frozen lake and mudflats after some ducks that had flown past and within less than a minute I watched as it captured one of the ducks while in flight and flew with it way out on the flats to eat its prey.<\/p>\n

\"PeregrinePeregrine Falcon out on the frozen flats eating its prey – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 250, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a very large crop of the falcon out on the flats with its prey, with naked eyes it was barely visible from the road and most people wouldn’t have seen it.<\/p>\n

Watching and photographing the Peregrine Falcon yesterday was a nice way to relax, enjoy the sunshine and reconnect with nature.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Peregrine Falcon photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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