This video is called Peregrine Falcon checking out a new condo, July 2015, Singapore.
From the Bird Ecology Study Group in Singapore about this:
In July 2015 Wong Weng Fai photographed a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) having a dust-bath on the balcony floor of a yet to be completed apartment in a high-rise building.
Many birds keep their feathers in good condition by taking dust-bath LINK. They lie on the dusty ground and moves vigorously about to get the dirt particles onto their feathers. This helps to get rid of ectoparasites as well as stale secretions from their oil glands.
In the case of this falcon, it found a quiet spot in this uncompleted high-rise building.
The presence of sand particles as a result of building activities and the absence of workers in the unit made this an ideal site for its “bath’. It would not be long before the building would be completed and no opportunity for the peregrine to return. Maybe the photographer would then have an opportunity to document other birds taking shower baths?
Other methods of keeping their feathers in top condition include water bath LINK, preening LINK and anting LINK.
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Dinsdag 18 September
SPEUREN NAAR BOOMVALK LEVERT SLECHTVALKEN OP.
Na de opnames voor de serie Baardmannetjes voor Omroep Max ga ik, op
verzoek van Omroep Flevoland op zoek naar roofvogels en uilen in de
Flevopolders. Samen met Gerard van Ommen speuren we in en buiten
natuurgebieden naar kiekendieven, arenden en nog meer vogels met kromme
snavels en scherpe klauwen.
Vandaag gaan we op zoek naar de boomvalk. De zomer is bijna voorbij en
mijn hoop is gevestigd op de Oostvaardersplassen. Beheerder Jan
Griekspoor brengt ons tot in de haarvaten van dit prachtige gebied en
alle mogelijke boomvalklocaties worden door ons onderzocht.
Tijdens onze zoektocht zien we opvallend veel casarca’s en dat is
nieuw. Maar telkens als we heel in de verte een boomvalk menen te zien
is het een ..slechtvalk. Drie slechtvalken komen we tegen en pas op
het laatst ver weg een boomvalk, terwijl we een zeearend staan te
filmen! Kortom groot vogelavontuur in de polder.
http://www.nicodehaan.nl/Onieuws/valkjes
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