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Kestrel Gymnastics
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Kestrel Gymnastics (Falco Tinnunculus)

This bird was neither taking off nor landing, it was just doing gymnastics...
A whole family of kestrels had assembled in the meadow behind our house. Their home must be close by, because I had heard their calls throughout this summer.
I did the best I could focussing, but at 96x this is not an easy task (Kowa 883, Zoom 25x60 wide angle, Kowa Extender 1.6, Sony RX 100 II at Zoom 2.7)
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Habitat
Meadow
Location
near Cologne, Germany
Date taken
August 14, 2019
Scientific name
Falco Tinnunculus
Equipment used
Kowa 883, TE 11, 1.6 Adapter, Sony RX 100 II
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Thanks. Yes, I'm blessed with bird families in our village: Little Owls, Red Kites, Red-backed shrikes, kestrels and some more.
 
Stanley Jones
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Getting its daily exercise in! Great capture of this behavior pw. How sweet to have these near by. TFS!
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
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How wonderful to know you've a family of these lovely raptors and so many more species in your village too.

Many thanks for showing him to us PW.
 

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