Peregrine Falcon

These birds of prey are rare in South Australia and I've never seen one in the wild before. I was extremely excited to identify this one when I looked at it on my computer - I was hoping I was taking a picture of a falcon from the shape, but looking directly into the sun with my bad eyes meant this was a wonderful surprise.

[Sheralee S]

Nicely captured Robyn, I like the curve of the branch.

[Kareen King]

Love the stark simplicity and pov. Fav.

[sally agnew]

Great find and equally great capture :)

[Sue Wilde]

A fabulous capture

[Kathy]

It's beautiful and love that big eye!!! I like the white background and the limbs on that tree are interesting shapes!!! Glad you were able to find this bird and a big FAV from me!

[Jenny Ren]

Wonderful capture.

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot. Fav.

[Nicole]

Beautiful capture! and how cool that you've captured a rare bird in your surroundings like that, Lucky you!

[Poppo Livy]

How fantastic Robyn. I have never seen one in the wild although they are around Brisbane. Great capture

[Wylie]

What a great capture of a lucky find. Lovely setting on that branch too. fav

[Chris K]

what great luck and a great shot on that branch too

[tony gig]

A brilliant bird and fabulous shot Robyn...Fav

[Sally Ings]

Super capture

[Joyce]

Stunning capture Robyn. Fav

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Aren't they gorgeous birds? Well captured.

[Catherine]

Your lucky day! Great capture

[gloria jones]

Great capture, composition, fav

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[Joce]

Sweet capture !! Love the composition. instant fav

[Peter]

Splendid capture of this beautiful bird Robyn, your Peregrine Falcon really standing out against the sky, they are protected birds in the UK and are not that hard to find in the summer months,

[Ann H. LeFevre]

How exciting to capture this! Great shot.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent shot. Beautiful bird.

[Rachel]

Terrific capture!

[Islandgirl]

Gorgeous!

[Marnie]

Oh wow, you lucky girl - fancy spotting one of these rare birds.

[Babs]

Wow, well spotted. Such a great find.

[Christine]

very nice

[Andrew]

wow what bird. beautiful.

[Robyn]

@bella_ss @kareenking @hermann @swilde @cashew @lan @thresheg @nicoleterheide @terryliv @pusspup @cruiser @tonygig @salza @thistle @sophiaz @_catherine_ @seattlite @elisasaeter @jocee @pcoulson @olivetreeann @mittens @888rachel @radiogirl @golftragic @onewing @birdgirlsmom @andrewkru Thank you for the lovely comments and favs. I was very happy this came out after having to play with manual settings to manage shooting into the sun

[Danny Davies]

And a beautiful surprise it was Robyn. fav.

[Marnie]

@flyrobin Well done, and well worth it too.

[Robyn]

@dannydavies Thanks Danny