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carterr — New Zealand Falcon
Published: 2007-11-26 01:09:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 4370; Favourites: 179; Downloads: 0
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New Zealand Falcon. Hunters/Farmers shoot these birds frequently and their numbers are in decline and they are becoming endangered. This was taken at Wingspan - a rehabilitation centre. This particular bird was free to fly away at any time. However it was fascinated by my camera and jumped fence post after fence post to get nearer and nearer to me. Eventually I had to change lens to my macro and I could have just reached out and touched it.Related content
Comments: 134
Awesome photo! Gorgeous bird, you can just see the power behind the hunt
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Riding-The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground
Get a life; Get a horse!
You haven't felt freedom until you ride bareback!
Long live Border Collies!
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Agreed. I love falcons. I would love to be able to watch a hunting one in real life, but I have not yet!
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Riding-The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground
Get a life; Get a horse!
You haven't felt freedom until you ride bareback!
Long live Border Collies!
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Thanks - they're not very trusting to get close to
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Gorgeous!! I wish i had your luck i can never get that close to birds. AS for them people who shoot animals for no reason, GRRRRRRR!!!!!
Beautiful photo anyway.
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Thanks - birds seem to come near me - i seem to attract them for some reason
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Oh no! How could anyone shoot such a majestic, regal bird, even if it was harmful to farming?
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Only ignorant people. Education is getting somewhere though in this fight
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it is the famous Kiwi D ???
sincerly the falcon for me: is the only one fair hunting way , nature vs nature...
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Very true and stunning bird. Thank you .
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Beautiful! I always love to see birds (of prey) from foreign countries
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Wow!! How lucky to get a shot like that, perfect too.
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Wow. It's so pretty. It looks a lot like a Peregrine Falcon.
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It is gorgeous. I had never seen one up close before!
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Lovely pic!
I think we had the pleasure of the same Falcon
Falcon
Amazing birds arnt they!
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Beautiful raptor. Perhaps he was entranced by the reflection off the lens, or he could see his own reflection there.
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The bird looks sad. I don't know why, but it looks sad.
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I'ts a very happy bird - it's just how they look
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Brill' shot & unusual for them to be curious
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When they're angry they click - so I wondered if the click of my camera meant something to him LOL
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Glad caught this at [link] and a fave of course
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thanks - glad you liked it. If you liked that, check out my baby morepork featured on my gallery frontpage
Cheers
Robyn
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Was realy cute - Great gallery adds to my 
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Thank you - glad you liked the morepork - it was so cute I wanted to take him home. Thank you very much for the watch - its' very much appreciated.
Cheers
Robyn
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