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Red Headed Merlin (24)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 120 W: 0 N: 1220]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (7249) | The Red-necked Falcon is found in semi-desert, savannah and other dry open country with some trees, but also riverine forest. It often perches hidden in the crown of a Borassus palm (Borassus aethiopium), and chases birds, bats and large insects with a fast dashing flight. It is most active at dawn and dusk, hunting below the tree canopy. It often hunts in pairs, sometimes utilizing a technique in which one of the pair flies low and flushes up small birds while the other follows higher up and seizes the prey as it rises from cover.
This is also called as Red necked Falcon. rarely it sits on the ground. I am seeing this for the first time around bangalore city. fortunately the clouds opened up when i shot this on a cloudy day.!! |
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