kestrels
Small hovering raptors
Kestrels is the plural of kestrel, a small falcon known for hovering in place while hunting.
These birds scan the ground for prey—mice, insects, small reptiles—before diving.
The American kestrel is North America's smallest and most colorful falcon.
A pair of kestrels nested in the church steeple.
Animal being hunted
- volesSmall burrowing rodents
- miceSmall gnawing mammals
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
- grasshoppersJumping, chirping insects
lizards · sparrows · hunting · stooping · pouncing · strike · kill · territory
Swift bird of prey
- hoveringSuspended without support
- raptorHunting bird with talons
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
talons · beak · feathers · fledgling · nestling · clutch · eggs · perching
prey
Animal being hunted
grasshoppers · lizards · sparrows · hunting · stooping · pouncing · strike · kill · territory · predator
falcon
Swift bird of prey
wingspan · talons · beak · feathers · fledgling · nestling · clutch · eggs · perching · migration
grassland
Treeless herb-covered ecosystem
cliff · nestbox · cavity · barn · steeple · roadside · meadow · scrubland · savanna · steppe
manning
Supplying workers for
gauntlet · hack · imprint · passage · haggard · bating · weathering · mews · cadge · training
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- hoverershummingbirds, dragonflies, helicopters, drones, quadcopters
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- bird strikesbird strike, pyrotechnics, wildlife management, gulls, starlings
kestrelseagles
Large predatory birds
golden eagles · bald eagles · condors · red-tailed hawks · eagle owls
kestrelsperegrine falcons
Swift, diving hunting birds
gyrfalcons · goshawks · golden eagles · sparrowhawks · ospreys