Here are a bunch of photos of a bird that preys in my neighborhood. If you know what he is, do tell – He’s half hawk, half owl in my book – he’s about the size of a young red tailed hawk (which are very common in my area, but I’ve never seen one with big owly eyes and beaks before).
Update: She’s a female american kestrel, according to Birdchick. (Thank you!) (another image of a kestrel)
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ooooh ok. it’s good to know these things. :yes: you just caught her on a pouffy head day.
totally pouffy head. Scary pouffy. It’s neat though to have a new bird in the area. 😀
This is a cool looking bird!
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I was intrigued to see the photos of the birds in your yard, and poking around on your site (as usual). I wanted to let you know that the hot link to the photo of the kestrel in this entry is dead. Not sure if that concerns you in any way or if it’s expired or something, but I thought I’d let you know!
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