The peregrine falcon was up early chasing breakfast.
He made several extremely fast dashes but I didn’t see him catch anything.
Here he is coming back to a snappy landing at the end of a dash.
There is a short slide show of the strike at https://flic.kr/p/NBRVmq
THE fastest land or sea animal on earth, the peregrine falcon.
The peregrine is not common here in central NC.
But this morning, I got the thrill of watching one swiftly wing past me.
In a stoop, a hunting dive, the peregrine can reach 200 mph! Oh, my, speed indeed.
I was visiting Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC, looking to photograph the fall flowers.
A butterfly bush (yes that is its name) caught my attention
as the skippers, cabbage and sulfur butterflies flitted about…
and a single, glowing, male monarch butterfly.
Oh, wow, I thought that all of them had already left for Mexico, their winter home.
With ALL of you
who watched and encouraged the bald eagles of the JORDAN LAKE EAGLE FAMILY and the H&G EAGLE NEST,
I am celebrating the 2016 Jordan Lake successful Bald Eagle breeding season
& opening of my photography website dreamingsongsphotos.
Until November 7, 2016 I am offering a 20% discount on my bald eagle postcards for an order of $30 or more (not including shipping).
Use coupon code Eagle Postcards 2016 when you check out
direct link to the website http://www.dreamingsongsphotos.com
The bald eagle noted my friend and I watching him.
Then in just about complete disregard for his flight trajectory over our heads,
he cocked his head and noted something on the lake below before flying over us and was gone.
doc ellen's journey 