I took many shots of this, (Kestrel?) With my monster lens. A few were worth editing and posting.

What do you think?



Hand held, 800mm f 9.5 manual focus.

And a couple more, maybe not quite so good.

[goatsNdonkey]

That's a kestrel all right. It's great to see such close-up views. One generally thinks of hawks and falcons eating rodents or other birds, but kestrels are so small, hardly bigger than a robin, so any insects they are good at catching could be valuable foods sources. Even foxes and coyotes sometimes eat a lot of grasshoppers in the fall when they are large! Their droppings can be full of grasshopper legs.