02-01-2016, 02:35 PM
The male has blue/grey wings, the female is much the same colour all over. The injured one I saw last year was a male.
Kestrels are a very small hawk so they are distinctive. None of the other hawks is that small even when immature. She must be planning to nest nearby. I wonder if they wintered here. It is still only January. Migrating birds wouldn't arrive this early.
Kestrels are a very small hawk so they are distinctive. None of the other hawks is that small even when immature. She must be planning to nest nearby. I wonder if they wintered here. It is still only January. Migrating birds wouldn't arrive this early.
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Catherine
