An Amur Falcon female in flight! - a photo on Flickriver

An Amur Falcon female in flight!

            This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days. 

For the past 2 years, the birds are making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks. And 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to watch them and get some pictures from up close.

In this hillstation, they frequent a dried up lakebed and seem to prefer some wild lavender fields where they hunt for insects and caterpillars. They spend sometime in them walking around and looking for insects. Such fields are spread in a couple of places across the lakebed and the birds keep flying between them. This one was shot during one such flight.

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Taken on: December 29, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS R5, f/7.1, 1/4000 sec, 700mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5
Lens:	EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	700mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.5 (Windows)
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