Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera) - feeding pair
Tal Chappar Black Buck Sancturay, Churu, Rajasthan
30th Nov, 2012
Remarks : We observed this very bizzare feeding behaviour with this pair of Red-necked Falcons, where the male performed hunting at dawn and brought the prey (Eurasian Collared Dove) to the female (larger one on the right side). Female then took complete control of the prey and started to clean up and dismember it, taking out big chunks of meat. She wouldn't allow the male to eat out of it when he approached. Eventually, male begged for food, to which she happily obliged by feeding him like a juvenile. He would open his gape, which she probably mistakes for a juvenile. This cycle of beg-feed-beg continued while we moved our vehicles away from them.
Regards
Soma
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