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I have been able to photograph this beautiful kestrel in Vic for the Photos of the Readers of La Vanguardia. He was still in the sky just moving his wings and contemplating the field, I was also able to portray him stopped on dry land.
This small bird of prey flaps its wings frantically, looking attentively down with the hope of landing on some small mammal or grasshopper, etc. It is usually seen in open spaces.
The kestrel is an easy-to-spot bird of prey by day. It prefers a field and scrub habitat. It is relatively small compared to other raptors, but larger than most birds.
It has long russet wings with black spots, as well as a very distinctive long tail, gray above and rounded at a black edge.
Kestrels nest in cracks in rocks or buildings, in tree holes, they occupy nests of corvids and other birds, but also directly on the ground.
When hunting, the kestrel remains in a stationary flight, almost immobile, between 10 and 20 meters above the ground, waiting to spot some prey and, when it appears, it swoops towards it.
