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Prairie Falcon performs high altitude dive

August 13, 2014 by Tony Leave a Comment

While at the top of Montgomery Pass (12,000 feet) in northern Colorado, this Prairie Falcon performed a dive down the mountainside. We were actually taking pictures of Pikas when this flash through the sky caught my eye. Only had time to snap a couple of quick pictures as the falcon dove at an extremely high rate of speed. I suspect he was hunting the same Pikas that we were taking pictures of. The Prairie Falcon doesn’t normally reside at such high altitudes so it was quite a surprise to see one up so high.

Prairie Falcon performs high altitude dive
A Prairie Falcon performs a steep dive through the air. (© Tony’s Takes)

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