Female Common Kestrel tries stand hunting for change. They usually hunt hovering overhead
I walked around on campus yesterday, and suddenly heard the krrri-krri-krrri-krrri-krrri sound I last heard last year in summer. That means the kestrels are back, and we hopefully have a new nest in the hole a few meters above my office window.
#birds #kestrel #BirdPhotogaphy #Photography #nature
This picture is by Ken Billington, one of the founders of Focusing on Wildlife :
https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/species-champions/ken-billington/
If you know him and he's on Mastodon, feel free to tag!
Gucci, a Nankeen kestrel, has its final health checks before being released after 14 months of veterinary and rehabilitation care in Byron Bay, #Australia. Gucci, a diminutive bird of prey, was rescued on a rainy Christmas Eve in 2023 by a wildlife rescue volunteer, after being found inside the Sydney store of the luxury brand Gucci
Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty
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hovering flight
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vuelo estacionario
#kestrel #turmfalke
#birdphotography #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdsofpixelfed
I used 8 Pics for the gif
Looks like pixelfed got som issues with GIF, so i upload it here again....sorry if u see it two times
Speaking of #Rewilding, some new signs went up at nearby #CaliforniaFields in Southern #Maine! Looks like the #MaineDepartmentOfInlandFisheries finally acknowledged that there are some #EndangeredSpecies there, and put the pressure on #BlueTriton / #PolandSprings / #BigWater -- who had planted a bunch of pine trees in the field (to hide the drilled wells that they claim are "springs"). But now they have to take them down and restore the grasslands! (And it's full of #Milkweed which the #MonarchButterflies love!)
#GrasshopperSparrow #UplandSandpiper #NorthernHarrier, #HornedLark, #Kestrel, #Meadowlark, #Bobolink