Kestrel on a Post
by Judi Dressler
Title
Kestrel on a Post
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Found this young male American Kestrel, a little falcon, sitting on a post while out driving with my camera. Most kestrels won't let you get anywhere close, so it was a nice surprise that he stayed put!
From Cornell: "North America’s littlest falcon, the American Kestrel packs a predator’s fierce intensity into its small body. It's one of the most colorful of all raptors: the male’s slate-blue head and wings contrast elegantly with his rusty-red back and tail; the female has the same warm reddish on her wings, back, and tail. Hunting for insects and other small prey in open territory, kestrels perch on wires or poles, or hover facing into the wind, flapping and adjusting their long tails to stay in place. Kestrels are declining in parts of their range; you can help them by putting up nest boxes."
Photo taken on December 4, 2017, in the Pawnee Grasslands, Colorado
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December 20th, 2019
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Comments (14)
Judi Dressler
Thanks much, Scott, for featuring this image in your group, FAA Portraits - Birds, on 12/25/19!
Judi Dressler
Thanks much, Kim, for featuring this image in your group, The Road to Self Promotion, on 12/24/19!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your Outside the Weekly Theme Images of the Week selection in the Go Take a Hike group! LF
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Judi – your awesome nature photo has been selected as an “Image of the Week” by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add to the Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.