{"id":69736,"date":"2019-03-03T06:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=69736"},"modified":"2019-03-03T06:10:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T13:10:58","slug":"male-american-kestrel-at-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/male-american-kestrel-at-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Kestrel At Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s post will be brief. Yesterday’s version of Feathered Photography took a lot out of me.<\/p>\n

I posted a similar image of this bird just over a month ago but this one has never been published.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago at Farmington Bay WMA I photographed this male American Kestrel in the process of taking off. I’m less than pleased that he was looking slightly away from me but I do like his wing position and the well-defined alula on the left wing. I’m ambivalent about the seed pods because their color matches some of his plumage so well it’s a little difficult to distinguish the falcon’s tail from the pods. Complementary colors can be a mixed blessing.<\/p>\n

He didn’t go far. His next perch was only a couple of feet away to the left and above him and he has his eye on the prize. His concentration on that perch is pretty intense.<\/p>\n

March is finally here and there are rumors of an approaching spring but our current weather pattern that includes reliably cloudy days and intermittent snow and rain is certainly no evidence of that. We had snow again last night but despite the gloomy weather it’s time to watch for paired kestrels at nest boxes.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Complementary colors can be a mixed blessing.<\/p>\n

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