Kestrel
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Kestrelle
Australia
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Rohan Fisher
Australia
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My second close-up of a bird,an american Kestrel. /
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I photographed this young Kestrel at the same place as the Barn Owl. This young bird had lost his tail feathers in an accident and his handlers and a vet had replaced them and were rehabilitating him. Judging from his flying and hovering ability I’d say he was well on the road to recovery. As a young boy birds of prey absolutely facinated me – as they still do. Spending time with, and photographing, these beautiful creatures is a joy. This Barn Owl was shot at the same location.
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19×24 colored pencil. Original unavailable. The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a small falcon. This bird was formerly known in North America as the Sparrow Hawk. This name was misleading because it implied a connection with the Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, which is unrelated – the latter is a accipiter hawk rather than a falcon. American Kestrels are widely distributed across the Americas. Their breeding range extends from central and western Alaska across northern Canada to Nova Scotia, and south throughout North America, into central Mexico, the Baja, and the Caribbean. They are local breeders in Central America and are widely distributed throughout South America. Most of the birds breeding in Canada and the northern United States migrate south in the winter, although some males stay as year-round residents. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. / Description / Male American Kestrel / The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America—about the size of an American Robin. Like all raptors, the American Kestrel is sexually dimorphic, although there is some overlap within the species. The female ranges in length from 23 to 28 centimeters (9-11 inches) with a wingspan of 53–61 centimeters (21–24 inches) and weighs an average of 120 grams (4.2 ounces). The length of the male varies between 20–25 centimeters (8–10 inches) with a wingspan ranging from 51–56 centimeters (20–22 inches) and weighing an average of 111 grams (3.9 ounces). These subtle differences are often difficult to discern in the field. The coloration of the feathers, however, greatly varies between the sexes. Males have blue-grey secondary feathers on their wings, while the undersides are white with black barring. The back is rufous in coloration, with barring on the lower half. The belly and flanks are white with black spotting. The tail is also rufous, except for the outer rectrix set, which is white with a black subterminal band. The back of the female American Kestrel is rufous with dark brown barring. The wings exhibit similar coloration and patterning to the back. The undersides of the females are white with rufous streaking. The tail of the female is noticeably different from the male, being rufous in color with numerous narrow dark brown or black bars. Juveniles exhibit coloration patterns similar to the adults. In both sexes, the head is white with a bluish-grey top. There are also two narrow, vertical black facial markings on each side of the head; one below the eyes and one on the rear portion of the auriculars. Two black spots (ocelli) can be found on each side of the white or orangish nape. The wings are moderately long, fairly narrow, and taper to a point. While perched, the wingtips are noticeably shorter than the tail tip. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 1997
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Kestrel dinner
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Pen drawing
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Kestrelling, taken in North Yorkshire Dales on a wet August day.
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Wild American kestrel (Falco sparverius) in flight, stooping from left to right (Taken at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, 5 miles southwest of Columbia, Missouri). Perhaps the most colorful raptor in the world, the American Kestrel is the most common falcon in North America. It is found from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, and in towns as well as wild lands. Identifying marks inlcude small size, rufous back and tail, and two dark mustache marks on face. Male has blue-gray wings and a lightly spotted chest and belly. The larger female has rufous wings barred with black, and streaking on the chest. This particular bird is a female. Their call is a loud series of “klee-klee-klee” notes when excited. As with many other raptors in North America, their population n umbers dramatically declined in the 1950’s and 1960’s, but have increased greatly in recent decades with increasing deforestation of North America. They are aslo commonly called Sparrow hawk. Although hover-hunting is conspicuous, this foraging method actually is used rather infrequently. It is used most often when suitable perches are not available, or when winds are strong enough to create updrafts favorable to hovering. In winter in many southern parts of the range, female and male American Kestrels use different habitats. The female uses the preferred more open habitat, and the male uses areas with more trees. This situation appears to be the result of the females migrating south first and establishing winter territories. The males then are forced into the less preferred areas. Nestling kestrels back up, raise their tails, and squirt feces onto the walls of the nest cavity. The feces dry on the cavity walls and stay off the nestlings. The nest gets to be a smelly place, with feces on the walls and uneaten parts of small animals on the floor. Source used to construct this page: Smallwood, J. A., and D. M. Bird. 2002. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). In The Birds of North America, No. 602 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. MORE INFO ON Am. Kestrel HERE 100% of all proceeds from sales of this image will go to the HawkWatch International DONATE ONLINE
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Pen
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Wild and born free this was such a amazing site for me to watch this wonderful Kestrel go about his business…...... I certainly was lucky this time to get such a capture of my favourite bird of pray the Kestrel at Snettersham Nr Norfolk England UK. Kestrels have been recently declining as a result of habitat degradation due to continuing intensive management of farmland and so it is included on the Amber List. Kestrels are found in a wide variety of habitats, from moor and heath, to farmland and urban areas. The only places they do not favour are forests, vast treeless wetlands and dense mountains. They are a familiar sight, hovering beside a motorway, or other main road. They can often be seen perched on a high tree branch, or on a telephone post or wire, on the look out for prey. They eat small mammals and birds.
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Lesser kestrel at Dibba UAE on migration to Africa, hunting along with four others in a hay field early morning, August 2008. Featured in Beautiful Blur – Oct 7, 2008 / Featured in All that is Nature – Oct 10, 2008 / Featured on the Home Page – Oct 12, 2008 / Featured on Mother Nature’s Finest—Oct 14 2008 / Featured in All About Your Best Work – Nov 2 – 2008 / Featured in Pay it Forward Nov 5 – 2008 / Featured in #12 Great Features Nov 25 – 2008 / NATURAL DEVELOPMENTS WILDLIFE COMPETITION / OCTOBER 2008 WINNER / Featured in Bokeh – April 21 – 2009 / Featured in Natural Color and Light May 2009 This photo has been nominated by pinkT in the Pay it forward group as their favorite image - wow – thanks very much - here is what they said about the photo: I want to nominate David Clark for his photo lesser kestrel in flight. Maybe its because I love these birds, falcon. A lesser kestrel or small falcon. OR it is because of the clarity of the falcon. OR it is because the falcon looks like it is ready for hunt for food. OR it is because it looks like the falcon is head right for you. OR it is because its is my first image added to my favorites. OR it is because……….Well I think it is because of its an overall beautiful bird!
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Red Tailed Hawk with a view
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European Kestrel.
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On Zazzle / On DeviantART The Mystery of balloons is that noone knows who let it go, what it’s seen or where it wanders next. Of course, it could be that the jester fell off but perhaps he let it go, or maybe it hasn’t reached him yet… ArtRage 2.5 and graphics tablet
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Salisbury Beach, MA http://lloydsjourney.smugmug.com/gallery/7261574_izJ7G
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Straight from camera I will donate 100% of proceeds from the sales of this image to The Wildlife Trusts Wild and born free this was such a amazing site for me to watch this wonderful Kestrel go about his business…...... I certainly was lucky this time to get such a capture of my favourite bird of pray the Kestrel at Snettersham Nr Norfolk England UK. Kestrels have been recently declining as a result of habitat degradation due to continuing intensive management of farmland and so it is included on the Amber List. Kestrels are found in a wide variety of habitats, from moor and heath, to farmland and urban areas. The only places they do not favour are forests, vast treeless wetlands and dense mountains. They are a familiar sight, hovering beside a motorway, or other main road. They can often be seen perched on a high tree branch, or on a telephone post or wire, on the look out for prey. They eat small mammals and birds.
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Acrylic painting by Christopher Pope
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Canon 40d / 100mm / / / /
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canon50d, sigma 70-300 @300mm, 1/160sec, f4.5, iso 500, flash.
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Taken with a Canon 50D, Tamron 90mm lens, F4.5, shutter speed 1/1600 second ISO200, edited in Photoshop Another shot taken at Turbary woods bird of prey centre, this wonderful Kestrel flew over our heads and I managed to grab this shot more by luck than judgement (but that is just between me and you!!) Common Kestrels measure 32-39 cm (13-15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65-82 cm (26-32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136-252 g (c,5-9 oz), around 155 g (around 5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154-314 g (about 5.5-11 oz), around 184 g (around 6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail. Please view large!
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Nankeen Kestrels (also known as Australian Kestrels) are found in most areas of Australia and are also found on islands along Australia’s coastline, as well as New Guinea and Indonesia. The Nankeen Kestrel is a slender falcon and is a relatively small raptor (bird of prey). The upper parts are mostly rufous, with some dark streaking. The wings are tipped with black. The underparts are pale buff, streaked with black, and the under tail is finely barred with black, with a broader black band towards the tip. Taken with Canon EOS 1000D @ 300 mm Featured in JPG Cast Offs group 30/9/2009 / Featured in 300+ Go Long group 4/10/2009
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Photo of a Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) hovering. This is a signed print. Featured in Featured Art & Photography on the RedBubble home page. The first piece of work I submitted to RedBubble, this image has had 468 viewings, up to December 3 2009.
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Featured in the ImageWriting group and / in the Playful Photogenic Animals group. The Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel. In Britain, where no other brown falcon occurs, it is generally just called “the kestrel”. This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. But although it has colonized a few oceanic islands, vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas. Common Kestrels measure 32–39 cm (13-15 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (26-32 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136-252 g (c,5-9 oz), around 155 g (around 5.5 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154-314 g (about 5.5-11 oz), around 184 g (around 6.5 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail. Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most hawks, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having less black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All Common Kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives. The cere feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage. If you want to know more about the Krestel check Wikipedia Canon EOS 40D / Canon Zoom lens EF 100-400mm 1: 4.5-5.6 L IS / Exposure time 1/1600s / Aperture value f/5.6 / ISO 400 / Focal length 400mm
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