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AquaPython
10-12-2010, 11:58 AM
4 -5 of these awesome falcons are scratching at the window at my place. Wife managed to get a decent pic with her phone.
Dave
10-12-2010, 12:16 PM
Sweet pic! I had a bigass hawk swoop over me when I was out riding saturday
wildchild
10-12-2010, 12:19 PM
awesome looking bird.

i've had hawks prech on my silo now and then, looking for a meal in the corn field below.
anthonyk
10-12-2010, 12:26 PM
Badass! I used to see kestrels hovering in the fields on my way home from work when I lived out in California. They're awesome birds, and I've never seen one that close.
LeeNetworX
10-12-2010, 01:11 PM
Cool looking bird!

We have Red Tail Hawks here aplenty - very impressive birds.
Kaneman
10-12-2010, 01:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a0K8haOV9w
the chi
10-12-2010, 02:24 PM
That is too cool, very attractive bird too!
Particle Man
10-12-2010, 03:06 PM
very cool - there's a bunch of red-tailed hawks eyeing my cat right now - better go rescue her :lol:
Adeptus_Minor
10-12-2010, 08:40 PM
Great looking bird and really cool that you were able to get an up-close shot. :dthumb:
Curb
10-12-2010, 09:12 PM
was he looking for my other knee puck...did the hawk from the gap send him looking for me?:curb:
derf
10-12-2010, 11:39 PM
cock
anthonyk
10-13-2010, 12:33 AM
very cool - there's a bunch of red-tailed hawks eyeing my cat right now - better go rescue her :lol:

Didn't you learn anything from the svrider thread? Let 'em have the cat.
AquaPython
10-13-2010, 09:27 AM
well this guy came back for an 8 AM wake up call this morning. I got some pics with the SLR before i went to work, i will post pics tonight.
Dave
10-13-2010, 11:12 AM
very cool - there's a bunch of red-tailed hawks eyeing my cat right now - better go rescue her :lol:

One of the primary reasons mine aren't allowed outside unsupervised
VatorMan
10-13-2010, 11:30 AM
Very cool.
AquaPython
10-13-2010, 09:21 PM
dont mind my shitty jalousie windows...

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2018.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2020.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2021.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2022.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2023.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2024.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2025.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2026.jpg

he flew straight across the canal and perched on the branch on top, 2 buddies hanging out on the lamp post.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f243/mikeg31781/american%20kestrels%20101310/IMG_2027.jpg
the chi
10-14-2010, 08:50 AM
Wish you could get some without the screen! Have they nested anywhere or just passing through? Thanks for sharing tho, I have never seen a kestrel outside of the zoo. Redtails we get all the time around here but they arent quite as striking.
AquaPython
10-14-2010, 10:32 AM
yea the screen was annoying. i remember last year when i went outside they took off.

btw they were back this morning for yet another 8 am wake up call. dont these damn birds know i dont get up for another 20 mins?
Angee
10-14-2010, 10:40 AM
I had a small bird with that coloring scamper out of my garage yesterday...hit his head while running under my bike before he flew off...baby version maybe? We also have a large hawk that hangs out around here too...probably waiting for one of the four deer that feed in my back yard to keel over...LOL