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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MJB" data-source="post: 2660275" data-attributes="member: 88928">The pictures in Rishad Naoroji's Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent are mostly from below or from the front, so don't inform Andrea's notes, but reading Naoroji's description paragraphs suggest some alignment. Another point to note is that the Lesser Kestrel migrates into India from China, but usually is a passage migrant, the wintering grounds being in East Africa, to which the species flies in the company of Amur Falcons F. amurensis across the Indian Ocean, feeding on the several species of dragonfly that take 3-5 days or so to make the crossing (Favourable wind patterns are set up by the ITCZ: Anderson, RC. 2009. Do dragonflies migrate across the western Indian Ocean? J. Trop. Ecol. 25: 347-358). The Amur Falcon makes a loop migration across southern Arabia to return to its breeding grounds, and perhaps the Lesser Kestrels may also do this.This Lesser Kestrel migration pattern may isolate (some?) breeding populations from those that breed further west, which may possibly align with Andrea's researches.MJB</blockquote>