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Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

open agricultural land

Notes:

This speedy falcon was seriously scaring the killdeer flock when it flew by. Those little plovers were lucky that they were'nt dive-bombed! Photographic lifer!

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PublishedNovember 16, 2015

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