This prairie falcon was sitting on a power pole just outside Carrizo Plain National Monument when a couple of humans drove up and began photographing him.
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This is a Red-tailed Hawk, not a Prairie Falcon. Note the dark patagial (didn't spell correctly) and the comma on the wing. Note the absense of dark axillars. Note the belly band and the dark chin.
Posted by: Margaret Smith | April 21, 2008 at 11:17 AM