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American Kestrel (female) in a stoop
Stanley Jones

American Kestrel (female) in a stoop (Falco sparverius)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius) in a steep stoop.
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Habitat
Open grass farm surrounded by agricultural fields at 74 m (243 ft) elevation.
Location
TriTex Grass Farm, northwest Bryan, Sims Lane Cut-Off, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
February 2023
Scientific name
Falco sparverius
Equipment used
Canon
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Jonno52
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A brilliant shot Stanley, perfectly sharp and taken at precisely the right moment. It's quite a while since I last saw our Falco tinnunculus, but they mainly hover quite low down and drop on their rodent prey without going into a real stoop. Your bird appears to be behaving more like a Peregrine. Checking the Audubon app, it says that your species “hunts mostly by watching from a high perch, then swooping down to capture prey” which seems to confirm the difference. Very interesting!
 

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Category
North America
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
915
Comment count
11

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250 second(s)
ISO
320
Filename
American Kestrel (female) in a stoop, east of Salado.jpg
File size
63.6 KB
Date taken
Fri, 27 January 2023 1:16 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 824px

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