Had to show this off!

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Originally Posted by letstalksnakes

I am not to sure i know the name of the Falcon or species name begins with a K?
Kresner Falcon?
In any case thank you guys and i will be sure to tell her.
:)

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Perhaps you're thinking of a Kestrel? Lovely birds and a lovely thing your friend is doing to save them.

Yes that is the name!!
A Kestrel Falcon.
Thank you!

That's no kestrel. LOL A kestrel is a teeny little bird that hunts things like mice and grasshoppers. That bird in the photo you posted looks like a lanner or prairie falcon or one of the close cousins.

Man i am so confused..LOL
I will get the nake tommorow when i chat with her again.
Because now i am on a mission to find the name out since my brain has done all it can do.
No worries i will have an answer...
:P

1) Golden Eagle
2) (Western?) Screech Owl
3) American Kestrel

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Originally Posted by Shadera

That's no kestrel. LOL A kestrel is a teeny little bird that hunts things like mice and grasshoppers. That bird in the photo you posted looks like a lanner or prairie falcon or one of the close cousins.

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Sorry, it is though! ;)

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

1) Golden Eagle
2) (Western?) Screech Owl
3) American Kestrel

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Sorry, it is though! ;)

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I agree with your first two.

The color and size are wrong for an American kestrel. I rehabbed one just last year and have worked around at least a dozen others coming into the rehab. They are one of the more common birds we see.

Compare this little bird with the one you claim is a kestrel.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...aptor/7189.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...x400/71810.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...x400/71811.jpg

Yep she says it is a American Kestrel.
I do not know much about raptor species other than they are distant relatives of some dinosaurs species.
Other than that you got me????
Great birds by far and just majestic animals.
I do have a respect for them.:)

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Originally Posted by Shadera

I agree with your first two.

The color and size are wrong for an American kestrel. I rehabbed one just last year and have worked around at least a dozen others coming into the rehab. They are one of the more common birds we see.

Compare this little bird with the one you claim is a kestrel.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...aptor/7189.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...x400/71810.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...x400/71811.jpg

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What else could it be?

The only other falcons we have here are Prairie, Peregrine, and Merlin.

Not prairie and peregrine... those birds are way larger and have a different build.

The merlins don't have the two "beard stripes".

I'm quite an avid birder and see a lot of kestrels too. ;)

That's really cool! My cousin found hawk with a broken wing when it was younger and raised it up. He now has his own room in the house. He takes him to the park and he will fallow him in the trees as he hikes the mtn. its really cool and Im glad to see other people care for birds like this as well!!!

I have to say it looks exactly like a Kestrel, but it must be the angle of the camera or something that makes it look huge. I was bit by one of those little guys back when I worked with raptors. Felt like a pair of scissors slicing through.