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American Kestrel courtship food exchange. This photo was taken at White Point Nature Preserve, San Pedro, California, on March 28, 2009, using the Canon 40D with the 500 f/4 IS lens and1.4x TC, all mounted on a BushHawk shoulder mount.

It was a very breezy morning just upstream from the Lachine Rapids on the Island of Montreal. This kestrel was giving me a coy look, probably because the branch it was sitting on was about 12 feet high, in a very deep cut into the bank of the river. Taken with a Canon 40D, 100 - 400mm lens.

Canon MKIII 400mm 5.6 at f 8.0 Iso 400 1/1250. The picture was taken in a field in Ontario, Canada. It was late afternoon so the light was just perfect.

Bird photographed on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, during fall migration.

American Kestrel at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona. This is one of my favorite places to bird photograph, especially when the intense heat of the summer in the desert abates. I had seen this little kestrel before, but it finally perched for a while so I could get this shot. It was interested in...

This female American Kestrel was perched motionless for a while on a small, pointed snag, watching the activity at a local park in Tucson, Arizona, where I live. I watched her for a while and she began to move a bit, getting ready for a big stretch. I caught this shot, fanning her tail, just before she...

This female American Kestrel posed nicely on a frost-covered branch in northern Utah. D200, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light.

I photographed this beautiful female falcon at Hansen Dam in Sylmar, California, on January 23, 2010.

I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific, and one of the animals they have there, is basically a miniature falcon called an American Kestrel. I probably took pictures of it for about 10 minutes, and this was one of my two best shots of that bird.

I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific, and one of the animals they have there, is basically a miniature falcon called a Kestrel. I probably took pictures of it for about 10 minutes, and this was one of my two best shots of that bird.

This image was captured at White Point Nature Preserve in San Pedro, California.

This photo of a male in flight was taken yesterday in Davis County, Utah. The light was poor but I liked the way this image turned out anyway. D200, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited.

I just love these little guys! And so do the orchardists around here!

I watched this female American Kestrel perch on a stick in northern Utah and hoped she would take off to give me a flight shot, and she did. Taken in northern Utah on December 24, 2010. D200, f7.1, 1/2500, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light.

Shot with a Canon EOS 1D MkII N and Canon 600 F4 lens and a Kenko 1.4x TC on April 18, 2010, at backroads of Calgary's northwest.

American Kestrel female stretching taken in February in northern Utah. D200, f7.1, 1/500, ISO 320, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light.

American Kestrel female with prey taken on a bitter cold, foggy, and snowy day in January in northern Utah. D200, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited; the bird caught its own prey.

American Kestrel a few hours out of the nest. I took a photo of this bird on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, during the Maritime Breeding Bird Survey. It was on a dirt road in the middle of the island, an adult bird was nearby. I did not stay long so I would not interfere in the bird being fed.

American Kestrel taken at Shollenberger Park, Petaluma, California. Nikon 80D camera with 300 4.5 lens with 1.4 extender.

While I was in upstate New York recently, I was able to get out and shoot some photos. This is one of the ones I captured. As I was riding around looking for subjects, I saw this American Kestrel flying toward a tree which allowed me to get my camera ready and capture him as he just landed and immediately...

While I was in upstate New York recently, I was able to get out and shoot some photos. This is one of the ones I captured. As I was riding around looking for subjects, I saw this American Kestrel flying toward a tree which allowed me to get my camera ready and capture him as he just landed and immediately...

While I was in upstate New York recently, I was able to get out and shoot some photos. This is one of the ones I captured. As I was riding around looking for subjects, I saw this American Kestrel flying toward a tree which allowed me to get my camera ready and capture him as he just landed and immediately...

While I was in upstate New York recently I was able to get out and shoot some photos. This is one of the ones I captured. As I was riding around looking for subjects, I saw this American Kestrel flying toward a tree which allowed me to get my camera ready and capture him as he just landed and immediately...

Visited Audubon Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - American Kestrel - "Aero" Live Raptor program indoors. Canon T2i, f/5.6, 1/50sec, 55mm, ISO 3200.