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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: NZ Falcon |
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My daughter and I met this wee fella while out looking for a deer. I got to within 10 feet of it doing my best paparatzi impersonation and yes I know I need to get a decent camera.
this falcon is a real speedster and takes birds in flight, when we were watching it the tables were turned as some wee swifts/swallow type birds were giving it raspberries dive bombing all around it.
this picture was from my cellphone.
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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these from my camera
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moose2 Super Member
Joined: Mar 19, 2005 Posts: 707 Location: North Idaho
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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if you shrink image back down with ctrl- afew times the grainy ness gets better I must have had zoom just too much. I will tell santa please please please.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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Those are some beatiful mountains, Elvis. Terrain like that will keep you in shape for sure. What are the coordinates where you took the picture so I can look it up on google earth?
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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pm coming your way.
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2438 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:55 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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Elvis, next time try to make a picture trough your binoculars.
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Elvis Super Member
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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:19 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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As I said when we were textn today ... you lucky buggar. What an incredible sight.
Report it to DOC (unless you was poaching) I'm sure theyre interested in sightings.
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9239 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:41 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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poaching!!! who me!!!!! not even Al!!!! only a stones throw from a well used DOC loopy track(loopy=tramper)inside the hunting block(I think )
yeah DOC know about the falcons around here. there are quite a few around so we must be doing something right. maybe the spell since last 1080 drop.
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stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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Wicked raptor pic! Is that a Preregine? Tallons in the second pic are wicked.
Posted this feller in SGH forum...him or his brother snagged my quail after I popped him and I think he followed me home for seconds and perched on the pole outside my deck. I love raptors. When they aint stealing my dinner!
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:22 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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Elvis, this is some beautiful country. If anyone would like to take a tour use these coordinates in google earth.
S 43° 53’ 32.30” E 171° 12’ 32.52”
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:27 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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The latitude and longitude lines aren't straight in the screen shot because of the ruggedness of the terrain. That's Mt. Peel at 1743 m / 5718 ft in the Northwest portion of the image.
Wow, just saw Mt Cook which goes above 12,000 ft and has a glacier on it.
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:05 am Post subject: Re: NZ Falcon |
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that's a rugged country..
you live in beautiful place Elvis.
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