Hunting Kestrel

A male common kestrel. Looking around for food. Its an cold day and the earth is covered in snow. This male is  looking around for mice to hunt.

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Apparently he found something interesting. Starting in to the Air!

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A few beats of his wings later hes up in the air, hovering above a promising area of mice pee.

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Touchdown!. Hes hiding his prey so we can’t see if he was successful. But, a nice back you have there.

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But, he really has something. Thats nice. Only 20% of every try is successful. But this male is quite experienced.

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A good day for a falcon. A rather bad day day for the mouse.