How fortunate for me to see almost daily American Kestrels flying across or sitting on wires, watching over the local farm fields for their next meal.
As soon as you spot one in the distance, they’ve already seen you and quickly take flight. Then it becomes a “can I get a flight shot?” Usually no, they are such super fast falcons. So for me to get a photo of one either perched or in flight is pretty special.
And then it happened. I got lucky, truly lucky. I was on a rural country road, and ahead there sat a male Kestrel up on the wire to my left. He stayed put as I pulled right up alongside and took a dozen shots. He moved twice giving me two profiles.
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American Kestrel (male)
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American Kestrel (male)
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I quickly moved on before I had another vehicle pull up on me, all while the American Kestrel stayed perched. I couldn’t believe it didn’t take flight!
Here’s a crop both photos above to share some close-ups of this little falcon’s gorgeous coloring and cute little face.
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American Kestrel (male)
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American Kestrel (male)
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After having just fulfilled and posted another one of my “Five On The Wire” series, I couldn’t put these shots aside to wait for the next series. I felt this handsome fella deserved his own post right here and now! 😊
