Eleonora's Falcon

This super smart looking (light) Eleonora's Falcon is without doubt the best view I've ever had in Europe. I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time for this brief view as it powered towards a small group of Swallows and Red- rumped Swallows that I was photographing in the hotel garden of Grande Eleon Spa. The falcon made a unsuccessful ambush but gave me a superb view of its rusty brown underparts and dark coverts as it went over head.

The images below are in sequence as to my favourite first.