darkbeth, 19 days ago to random

I draw my grandmother a birthday card with a different bird every year. Chose an American Kestrel this year, and I think it turned out pretty nice.

#Kestrel #AmericanKestrel #Bird #BirdDrawing #BirdArt

NevadaWolf, 2 months ago to Birds

It's such a beautiful weekend, popped out once again to Stillwater NWR to see what birds have made it this far on their spring migration.

These and more pictures are up on my Metapixl: https://metapixl.com/p/NevadaWolf/675115878484773816

#LahontanValley #Nevada #StillwaterNWR #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BeltedKingfisher #BaldEagle #SaysPhoebe #RuddyDuck #AmericanKestrel

A large Bald Eagle perches on a thick branch covered in rough bark, gripping tightly with massive yellow talons. The bird's tell-tale black body and white head and tail are easily visible amid the winter bare branches. It's powerful yellow beak is open in a wide yawn.
An absolutely gorgeous non-breeding Ruddy Duck swims across a rippled blue lake, it's brown and tan feathers broken only by the large white patch on its cheek and black cap that blends into the black bill. The tall brown tail is held upward. The duck is glistening due to the water droplets clinging to its feathers.
A Say's Phoebe perches on a bent reed, it's beak full of small twigs and other nesting material. The small bird with a brown back and light yellow chest stands on thin black legs as it's head is tipped slightly to look up at the human that is in the way. One glistening black eye seems to say "Please leave." I did.

NevadaWolf, 3 months ago to Birds

The first picture was identified as a sharp-shinned hawk by iNaturalist. It was about the size of a kestrel and I didn't think hawks came that small! Also here's a pair of red-tailed hawks, an American kestrel, and a greater yellowlegs (per Merlin listening to it).

#LahontanReservoir #LyonCounty #Genoa #CarsonValley #IndianLakes #ChurchillCounty #Nevada #Birds #Birding #BirdWatching #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #SharpShinnedHawk #RedTailedHawk #AmericanKestrel #GreaterYellowlegs

A pair of red-tailed hawks at the top of a grain silo. They've built a nest where the ladder opens up to allow someone to access the top. One, a darker hawk, is down in the nest of sticks and branches, the other is perched on a yellow hand rail where it landed carrying a large branch, it's tail still held upward balancing the bird.
A silver and bronze kestrel grips onto a power line, the wind blowing the small bird around and causing it's back feathers to lift up giving it a ruffled look. Bright sunlight from the clear blue sky makes the white chest, silver sides, and bronze back shines. The two distinct black marks down it's cheeks are visible.
A white and brown bird wades through the shallow water of a small lake, it's long yellow legs shining in the sunlight. The oval shaped body supports a long neck with a long straight beak, all made to feed in the mud below the water.

Adamk0310, 4 months ago to Birds

Birds are poor conductors

#AmericanKestrel #Kestrel #Falcon #BirdOfPrey #Birds #Wildlife #Cute

GriffithPark, 6 months ago to Birds

American Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk) perch hunts in the meadow on Toyon Canyon Landfill. It is North America’s smallest falcon. Cute, too.

#GriffithPark #Birdphotography #Birdphotos #naturephotography #naturephotos #birds #birders
#birding #perchhunting #kestrel #cute #americankestrel #meadow #landfill

logicalmoody, 10 months ago to falconry

It seems fitting to start off with the first photo I took that felt print-worthy. I believe this was taken on an old Nikon Coolpix, proof that gear isn't everything in photography! //
#blackandwhitephotography #birdphotography #firstpost #falconry #americankestrel #blackandwhite