Anybody that was at Bosque this year is familiar with at least one of this birds. Although he's free now, he was hand-raised, that's why I'm posting him here. 28 of them were bread and released from Ted Turner's ranch to Southern New Mexico, and at least 4 of them had made to the refuge by late November. I saw two of them, judging by the bands. They are stunning and very tame. This one let us approach him while he was perched in a man-made fence, looking us over and letting us make head portraits. He had had a meal not long ago, remains still on his bill.
D200, 200-400/4
f/ 6.7, 1/1000, iso 800
hand-held, no flash
Nice close up of this gorgeous little Falcon, Fabs! I like the bg too. You could have posted this here or in the birds forum. I think it works well in either forum.
Aplomado Falcon
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