I wondered the same thing myself and according to Wikipedia, a kestrel is a type of falcon. I saw something just like it while I was having lunch in a park today. I kept hoping it would land on my head but no such luck.

On a different note, is a kestrel a kind of hawk? It looks super cool, but very small.

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Moving this video to Kestrel's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Permanently discarding this video - kill requested by Kestrel.

Moving this video to Kestrel's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Falco, Kestrel, Hover, Bird of Prey, Windhover' to 'Falco, Kestrel, Hover, Bird of Prey, Windhover, Unmoving Noggin' - edited by calvados

Nice! Glad to hear the Baldies are doing well up there. I just looked up Steller's Jay. That's a neat looking bird. I forgot to mention Red-Tailed hawk. I like this picture of the American Kestrel...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_Kestrel_on_the_hunt.jpg

Someone's gonna get eaten.

In reply to this comment by PostMortem:
I wasn't really interested in birds when I was younger but then I moved to Tokyo for 8 years where the only birds (and pretty much the only wildlife) were crows, sparrows, and pigeons. When I moved back to Canada, about a year ago, I suddenly found myself fascinated with nature and wildlife (I think it's a reaction to having none around for so long). So I've been taking a lot of nature walks and hikes and encountering a lot of beautiful and interesting looking birds, but unfortunately I usually don't know what their called.

The ones I do know the names of that I've seen around are:
- Bald Eagles, we have A LOT of these around here and I've seen quite a few juveniles this summer.
- Blue Heron
- American Kestrel
- Steller's Jay
- and some hummingbirds that feed at the flowers behind my place.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Although not officially a birder, i have seen the following in the area behind my house: Merganzers, Cormorants, Grackles, Kingfishers, Blue Heron and Bald Eagles. And Owls.

How 'bout you?

I wasn't really interested in birds when I was younger but then I moved to Tokyo for 8 years where the only birds (and pretty much the only wildlife) were crows, sparrows, and pigeons. When I moved back to Canada, about a year ago, I suddenly found myself fascinated with nature and wildlife (I think it's a reaction to having none around for so long). So I've been taking a lot of nature walks and hikes and encountering a lot of beautiful and interesting looking birds, but unfortunately I usually don't know what their called.

The ones I do know the names of that I've seen around are:
- Bald Eagles, we have A LOT of these around here and I've seen quite a few juveniles this summer.
- Blue Heron
- American Kestrel
- Steller's Jay
- and some hummingbirds that feed at the flowers behind my place.


In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Although not officially a birder, i have seen the following in the area behind my house: Merganzers, Cormorants, Grackles, Kingfishers, Blue Heron and Bald Eagles. And Owls.

How 'bout you?

It's not often that a dupe gets sifted. Congrats, Kestrel.

Invocations (nsfw) cannot be called by Kestrel because Kestrel is not privileged - sorry.