More falcons hunting dragonflies

Eurasian Hobby hunting Dragonfly - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk med fanget øyestikker
Canon EOS1d Mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM at 500mm - 1/8000 sec - f/4.0 - ISO 250

Spent "some" hours in my "doghouse" blind this morning. Working on my Eurasian Hobby- (lerkefalk) project. Hoping for some more dragonfly hunting pictures. After several hours, my patients paid off :) Dragonfly hunting only 15 meters away. Also spotted some Western Marsh Harriers(Sivhauk) and an Osprey(Fiskeørn) today.

Eurasian Hobby hunting Dragonfly - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk
Canon EOS1d Mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM at 500mm - 1/6400 sec - f/4.0 - ISO 250

Hovering falcon - More Eurasian Hobby pictures

Eurasian Hobby - "hovering" - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk
Canon EOS 1d mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM - EF 1.4 EX mk III at 700mm - 1/1250 sec - f/6.3 - ISO 250

Here are some more pictures of Eurasian Hobby from fridays photo-shoot together with Tom. My favorite is perhaps the Falcon spreading out it tail-feathers hovering in mid air.

Eurasian Hobby  - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk
Canon EOS 1d mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM - EF 1.4 EX mk III at 700mm - 1/2000 sec - f/5.6 - ISO 250

Photoshoot together with wildlife photographer Tom Schandy

Incoming Eurasian Hobby, low altitude, high speed - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk i lav høyde og høy fart
Canon EOS1D mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM - EF 1.4 EX mk III at 700mm 1/1250 f/5.6 ISO 250

Today I have been so privileged that I have been working with wildlife photographer Tom Schandy. We were hoping for more pictures of the Eurasian Hobby (Lerkefalk) hunting dragonflies at Gjennestadvannet. We spotted three falcons, a couple of Western Marsh Harriers (Sivhauk), Common Buzzards (Musevåk), Europeean Honey Buzzard (Vepsevåk) and a couple of Ospreys (Fiskeørn). Happy to share this location with Tom. More pictures to come.

Visit Tom´s page at : www.tomschandy.no

I´ve had a fantastic day. Thanks Tom!!

Wildlife photographer Tom Schandy
Canon ESO 1D mk IV - EF 24-70 f/2.8L at 24mm 1/200 sec f/6.3 ISO 250

Wildlife photographer Tom Schandy in action, photographing an Eurasian Hobby
Canon ESO 1D mk IV - EF 24-70 f/2.8L at 24mm 1/2500 sec f/6.3 ISO 250

Dragonfly hunting - Eurasian Hobby

Eurasian Hobby, eating a dragonfly - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk spisende på en nyfanget øysestikker
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV EF500 f/4L IS USM  EF 1.4EX mk III - at 700mm 1/1600 sec,  f/5.6, ISO 320

Had a pretty awesome day at Gjennestadvannet today. A lot of birds. Whooper Swans, Temmick´s Stint, European Honey Buzzard, Western Marsh Harrier and todays favorite attraction: Three Eurasian Hobby (Lerkefalk) hunting Dragonflies. This is nature´s Formula1! We are talking Highspeed! More pictures to come :)

Todays lunch - Dragonfly - Øyestikker
Canon EOS 1D mk IV - EF 500 f/4L IS USM - at 1/3200 sec,  f/4.0, ISO 320 , Handheld 

Eurasian Hobby - Falco Subbuteo - Lerkefalk
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV EF500 f/4L IS USM  EF 1.4EX mk III - at 700mm 1/2000 sec,  f/8.0, ISO 320