🦉 The common kestrel
- Falco - phalcōn (Greek), falco (Latin) falcon; the word falco is derived from falx (sickle, scythe) and means "curved like a sickle", which is related to the shape of the falcon's wing in flight or its powerful sickle-shaped claws (Gotch, 1981)
- tinnunculus - lat.: tinnŭlus shrill, sharp-sounding, tinnunculus kestrel
The forest that is relatively close to my street is mainly inhabited by birds that always appear there consistently. These are both wintering and migratory birds. I always know what birds I can meet in the forest. However, new species occasionally appear in this forest. For example, in the spring of 2021, a kestrel appeared.
I met this predator on the top of a hill near a power line. The bird was hunting, it flew away from the iron supports to a clearing where it looked for prey, hovering in the air like a helicopter.
Unfortunately, such "new" birds for the forest disappear as suddenly as they appear. I met this bird again in the fall, and I never saw it again in this forest.
| Camera | Lens |
|---|---|
| Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |
