I Now Know A Lot About The Banded Male Kestrel And about the meaning of the different colored bands used by HawkWatch International when they’re banding kestrels. (6 photos) Continue reading
American Kestrels Past And Present A male kestrel from yesterday morning and another one from almost exactly two years ago. (six photos) Continue reading
American Kestrel With Prey A beautiful male in a more colorful winter setting than I usually get. (2 photos) Continue reading
Sleepyhead American Kestrel A wing and tail stretch followed by an enthusiastic yawn. (2 photos) Continue reading
A Male American Kestrel And An Unfortunate Choice Of Perch Entertainment for the photographer at the expense of a hapless kestrel. (7 photos) Continue reading
Male American Kestrel Struggling To Stay On A Spindly Perch Poor guy couldn’t get his balance. Continue reading
Immature Red-tailed Hawk In The Crosshairs Of An American Kestrel Except for one quick trip to Farmington Bay WMA, yesterday was my first time out photographing birds in 41 days while I’ve been recovering from back surgery. If felt good. Very good. (2 photos) Continue reading
American Kestrel In The Warm Light Of Dawn A lucky find in a mostly birdless landscape. Continue reading
American Kestrel Deciding Whether To Enjoy Her Meal Or Flee She ended up doing both. (3 photos) Continue reading
A Second Banded Male American Kestrel On Antelope Island And now I know the banding info about this kestrel too. Continue reading
Yesterday’s American Kestrel Was Banded By HawkWatch International I heard back from HWI already. (2 photos, 2 maps) Continue reading
Female American Kestrel Up Close But In Challenging Light And an avian spectacle along the Antelope Island causeway. (4 images) Continue reading
What Makes A Hovering Kestrel So Very Difficult To Photograph Well? Hovering kestrels are stationary targets, or mostly so, so what makes it so darn hard to get really good photos them. Continue reading