Aplomado Falcon Portrait

by Dawn Currie

Title

Aplomado Falcon Portrait

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie: Fine art portrait of endangered Aplomado Falcon against a complimentary textured background with beautiful detail and warm tones. Raptor Project Ambassador photographed in Titusville Florida.

Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- 2017 Raptor Project
- 2017 San Joaquin Valley International Exhibition
- ONYX 2017 International Exhibition of Photography
- 1st Place - FAA/Pixels Beauty in Art Select Artists Contest

Gallery Exhibitions and Art Shows:
- Solo Exhibition "Birds and More"
- Heart Center of Holmes

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The Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) was placed on the Endangered Species List in 1986 and is the last falcon in the United States currently on this list. The last known wild breeding pair of Aplomado Falcons in the United States was last seen in New Mexico in 1952.


The term aplomado is Spanish and means 'lead colored' referring to the dark blue-gray of the back of this handsome falcon. The Aplomado is a slim falcon with a long and strongly banded tail. It is a falcon of savanna, and grassland adjacent to shrubbery, in the north of the range including grassland adjacent to desert scrub. This raptor can be found from the Southwest of the United States south to Tierra del Fuego. Aplomado Falcons will hunt together as pairs or in family groups, working together to pursue or flush out their prey.

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December 5th, 2016

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