Cornish Birds Of Prey Centre [5] - Mine! I caught this!

When a falcon catches some prey it is on the ground eating and suddenly it is vulnerable. What you see here is mantling. This is the action where a bird spreads its wings, fans its tail and arches over its prey, hiding it from predators and other birds. Every few seconds and after each peck at the food the bird looks up and around to check for danger.

Here you see a Lanar - Perigrin falcon cross mantling its prey after catching the lure offered by the falconer.

Near Wadebridge, Cornwall, UK.

My other albums today:
http://365project.org/netkonnexion/anotherone/
Identify This! ... http://365project.org/netkonnexion/number03/

[Rick Schies]

It's a beautiful bird.

[Princess Fairlane]

Wow! great capture! beautiful shot!

[Kerri]

Fantastic capture

[Cheryllee]

Super capture!

[Diana Moss]

These birds are really wonderful , I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to hold one, when they had a display at Ludlow Castle ,btw I put the pic on 365 a few weeks ago.

[Diana Horn]

What an extraordinary capture.

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

This is fantastic! Love his paranoia!

[Shanne]

fascinating and great shot

[Shirley Chetwynd]

wow he looks awesome

[pixels4u]

aren't they fantastic

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Very well timed capture and interesting info, too.

[Alta D©]

awesome!

[judith deacon]

Really beautiful bird - don't think I would try and take his meal away!!

[Sue Wilde]

AWEsome bird. Love it

[Michelle]

Such a gorgeous bird.. amazing

[Natacha Murphy]

awesome capture! he looks like he is yelling out, saying it's his :p