Red-footed Falcon

There is an influx of these very Eastern birds into Southern Scandinavia at the moment. I have never seen one before, but was treated with this juvenile bird on a trip to Southern Sweden this past weekend.

1D MarkIII + 500/4; iso400, f5.6, 1/3200, handheld, cropped to 75%.

Hi Helge this is a great capture and what a beautiful bird
John
Aberdeen

Must have been a huge thrill for you Helge, and a very fine result

Alan

I'm off to corsica for a week on sunday,and this is one of the species I was hoping to see,will be pleased If I get a shot half this good,a fine capture well done.

Stu.

Hi Helge,

Lovely image with good comp and nice colours. We normally get one or two of these in East Anglia over the Spring/Summer but not heard of any this year .

Regards

Rob

Helge,

Wonder if you were in the Falsterbo area?
Lovely catch of a very nice bird.
Paul

Good job catching it, Helge! I like pose of this bird and it's placement in the frame. I just wonder, what previous few frames looks like. To me it looks like it passed your position slightly in this photo.

Cheers,
Marko

Thanks for the comments, guys!

Paul, yes I also went to Falsterbo that day - migration is just starting. This falcon though is from the eastern part of Scania where it has been stationary for almost a week.

Marko - you have a very good point. Indeed the 2-3 frames prior to this have a better facial expression and angle, but the wings are not in the right position. One of them can be seen here:
http://www.birdphotos.dk/dagensfoto/sider/20070819.htm

Cheers, Helge

Top image Helge - nice one