Fighting Common Kestrel and hooded crow on the former airfield tempelhof. Both birds were quite active that day :)
The Falcon and the Crow
Category Archives: Kestrel
Test of another Taxonomy
Common Kestrel
I am currently thinkin on buying a new camera. My old one has some weird issues with the center AF Point. So i rented a Canon 5D MK III . Its a really nice camera. The AF System is fast, Image Quality is “good” (even if not *that* much better in my opinion). The Problem is the very very slow sequence. I probably can´t live with that. So – Result will be the 7D MKII or the new 1DX. Can I afford it? Yes. But do I really want it? Rather not.
This Common Kestrels where my “test subjects” for the camera. They are living in the heart of Berlin. It´s even easier to find them in the city then in the countryside. This pictures show 2 different female Kestrels. The second one had big success while hunting.
Kestrelness
OR.. Female Kestrel. Falconerin… You get the idea. Because the most falcon pics in my Blog are of tercels.
In German its just “Weib”.
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.
Apparently he found something interesting. Starting in to the Air!
A few beats of his wings later hes up in the air, hovering above a promising area of mice pee.
Touchdown!. Hes hiding his prey so we can’t see if he was successful. But, a nice back you have there.
But, he really has something. Thats nice. Only 20% of every try is successful. But this male is quite experienced.
A good day for a falcon. A rather bad day day for the mouse.
An Avian Lovestory (multiple pictures)
“Hey my dear hooded crow, where are you?”
“Here I am! – Even walking in the air to be faster with you!”
“Oh, there you are! – I am already raising my tailfeathers for you.”
“Before we can ‘go birding’ lets dance a little bit”
“Oh, you are a really bad dancer – And its already late, I’ll have to go”
“Noo, wait! I can learn!”
Kestrel
Kestrel tercel on the former airfield Berlin Tempelhof. We had rather bad weather and Light, but I like the shot. This guy was really trusting for a wild bird of prey.
And as a bonus “his wife” ;)
Making Prey
03.10.2013 | Tempelhof | Berlin | Germany
Female Common Kestrel seconds before making prey. This was shot on an abadoned airport in Berlin.
Morning Kestrel
03.10.2013 | Tempelhof | Berlin | Germany
A female common kestrel in the early morning sun. They find plenty of food on the abadoned airport Berlin-Tempelhof.
Fence Couching
21.09.2013 | Tempelhofer-Airport | Berlin
I was cycling today. Visiting the abandoned Airport “Tempelhofer Freiheit” is always relaxing. I was kind of suprised to come across 4 Common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). I spend quite some time watching them.