Red-footed Falcon (juvenile) II - a photo on Flickriver

Red-footed Falcon (juvenile) II

            Had absolutely shocking views of this beauty this morning. I'd spent 4 days last week looking for the seemingly now departed Eleonora's Falcon in the same area here in Norfolk and all day yesterday searching for this one (to no avail) but today it came good... very good! :)
It had been mobbed by a large crow and it came down on this post (I was viewing it from a mile away plus then so hot-footed it over (no pun intended).
Managed to crawl along behind an embankment in the dunes... but let's not pretend it didn't know I was there - it clearly did. I remained there until the sun came out again, at which point it was immediately airborne and pretty much above my head... and had no chance of focusing on it until it was a little higher, even with the R5. I was using the RF 600mm f/4 with 1.4xT/C too... If I'd had my 300 on the I might have got a full frame head of it.
It was worth the 6 am start and 8 miles of walking.
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Taken on: September 6, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, 840mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	RF600mm F4 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	840mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.0.1 (Macintosh)
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