Kestrel Hawk
Uploaded: April 03, 2018 | Entered: April 03, 2018 00:24:52
The American kestrel sports many common nicknames, including, for instance, grasshopper hawk, killy hawk (after its killy, killy, killy call), short-winged hawk, windhover, house hawk, rusty-crowned falcon, and, more commonly, sparrow hawk. Early ornithologists thought these small falcons preferred sparrows as their primary prey and named them the “sparrowhawk.”
While kestrels share some similarities – for example, a hooked bill and sharp talons – with other relatives of the raptor group, they are in fact members of the falcon family (Falconidae), not the hawk family (Accipitridae). Their similarity to the Eurasian kestrel is the source of the “kestrel” name.
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Exif: F Number: 5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 180.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Tammy M. Anderson April 03, 2018
Outstanding capture. Great dof and details. Really like the interesting info too. #1706145Candace M. Cleveland April 03, 2018
Oh I would just love to see one of these. They are so cute.Love the information Frank. #11690020frank w. degenhardt April 03, 2018
Thank you Tammy and Candace. Take care and have a wonderful day. #11690072Bojan Bencic April 03, 2018
Fantastic capture of this beautiful bird, Frank. Great color and details. #11690110Nancy L. Green April 03, 2018
WONDERFUL capture of this beautiful bird, lots of great info as well, VERY well done!! <>< #11690134Oscar J. Pung April 03, 2018
Great portrait of this fascinating little falcon, Frank! Thank you for providing the description. #11690160Emile Abbott April 03, 2018
Magnificent details, color, tones and eye contact. Well captured Frank. #11690161Husain Akhtar April 03, 2018
Excellent observation and capture, Frank - it looks that I can almost touch this beautiful bird! #11690174Chuck Green April 03, 2018
Terrific image, Frank! Excellent work! <>< #11690192John Koepfer @PresentPleasures April 03, 2018
Love all the wonderful info and capture of this beautiful falcon Frank, I have seen images of this bird before but never until now realised how small it was, showing the hand here gave excellent perspective!! Love the light, color and composition as well !! #11690221frank w. degenhardt April 03, 2018
Thank you so much Bojan, Nancy, Oscar, Emile, Husain, Chuck, and John. Have a fantastic day. #11690226Patrick Rouzes April 05, 2018
Beautiful tones, textures, detail, dof & close up shot, Frank! Thank you for the interesting info also! #11690623Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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