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Hawk consumes meat, it is at the top of the bird food chain, they are diurnal birds of prey with excellent flying abilities, and also one of the animals with the best eyesight. Falconiformes order is different from other birds, the female birds are often larger than the male birds. Many falconiformes birds are also considered by people to have brave and firm qualities, so many countries' national birds are falconiformes. Today, let's introduce Yanang currently recorded 24 kinds of eagles, hawks and owls, and other 4 kinds.
White-legged Short-legged Falcon:
Body length 17-19cm, a small falcon, inhabits deciduous forests and forest-edge areas below an altitude of 2000 meters, especially open grasslands and river valleys in the forest, and often appears in mountain foothills and adjacent open plains. It often lives in flocks or alone on the high branches of the top of mountain ridges. It mainly feeds on insects, small birds and rodents, and often perches on high trees or flies in the air to find food. If it's insects, it immediately hunts after finding it; if it's small birds, frogs and other larger food, it will eat it after settling down. Resident, but rare. The picture shows White-legged Short-legged Falcon eating sparrow after standing on the wire.
Red-footed Falcon:
Body length about 34cm, medium-sized falcon, inhabits solitary high tree tops or telephone poles in vacant areas. Usually likes to be alone, most active at dusk. Flight is fast, good at chasing prey while flying. Eats large insects, birds and small mammals. The national bird of Belgium. In winter, it is relatively easy to see in Yanang.
Red-legged Falcon:
Original name Amur Falcon, body length about 31cm, medium-sized falcon, gray body, brown legs and abdomen and hips. Amur is the Westerners' (originally Russians) name for Heilongjiang. Amur Falcon mainly breeds in the eastern Far East of the Eurasian continent. Catches insects in the evening, sometimes like common teal in flocks to hunt. When migrating, it forms large flocks of up to several hundred, often mixed with Yellow-clawed Falcon. Likes to perch on wires. Mainly migratory in Yanang. Recorded in Luo Xi Village and Tianbao Rock Protection Zone, the most recorded is 7 individuals.
Peregrine Falcon:
Body length 41-50cm, medium-sized falcon, mainly inhabits mountainous areas, hills, semi-deserts, along the shores of swamps and lakes, as well as open farmland, cultivated land and near villages. Flight is quick, often interspersed with gliding when flapping its wings, and often soars in the air. Often solitary, sharp call. Temperament is fierce, even if it is much larger in size than the golden eagle, spear hawk and kite, it will dare to attack, but the motive is often to defend the nest and territory. It is the fastest diving bird, the speed can reach more than 300km/h. When approaching the prey, it slightly opens its wings, uses the momentum of rapid dive to strike or grab the prey with sharp claws, causing it to be injured or die immediately. Mainly preys on ducks, gulls, pigeons, crows and chickens, and occasionally also preys on rodents and rabbits.
Source: Yanang Tianbao Rock Administration Bureau
