Also, from my reading the kestrel is full-grown ... and a male. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Below Is an American Kestrel...Not a Red-Tailed Hawk ...Which Makes the Story Even More Amazing] Reference
The kestrel is a small raptor in the falcon family. From Wordnik.com. [Crow Pursuing Kestrel] Reference
"A kestrel is a type of falcon, like the peregrine but smaller.". From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
For the kestrel is a most insulting creature towards the bigger birds. From Wordnik.com. [Afoot in England] Reference
Robb Herbst called the kestrel the prettiest bird of prey in the Roanoke Valley area. From Wordnik.com. [The Roanoke Times: Home page] Reference
"The kestrel is the world's most perfect hawk," the Raptor Observatory's Allen Fish said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But one lucky golfer can now spend long hours in the clubhouse regaling his mates with the time he once hit a 'kestrel'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
I have images of some little kestrel going around stooping at elk. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
'I can still tell a kestrel from a sparrowhawk at a hundred yards.'. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
And startle an unseen kestrel roosting peacefully on the south side. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
A kestrel cried overhead and Sara followed its flight with her gaze. From Wordnik.com. [Moonheart]
The kestrel we were going to see had been trained to take mice in 1985. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance to See]
` Pink's a Mauritius kestrel, 'said Richard, ` but he's basically weird.'. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance to See]
A kestrel in a hollowed-out place in the stone was the first sign of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvenbane]
And there a kestrel swooped and then rose with a small creature in its beak. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gamble]
Swinnerton was proud to announce that the island's kestrel was now out of danger. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Bit of a feral kid who finds a kestrel, finds the nest and steals a baby kestrel. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Attractor » 2009 » October] Reference
What just disappeared between tanks three and four was probably a kestrel, all right. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
kestrels can hover in mid-air, so if you see a raptor hovering, it's probably a kestrel. From Wordnik.com. [Hiking Around Sandanski] Reference
But the scientific rescue teams stepped in and gradually the kestrel population burgeoned. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He allowed it to sink in for a moment, watching Goodfellowe as intently as a roadside kestrel. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Grasshoppers sprang away from their track, and an enterprising kestrel followed them for a while. From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
Various raptors prey on jackrabbits, including the American kestrel, ferruginous hawk, and golden eagle. From Wordnik.com. [Nevada-Utah Mountains Semidesert - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
Thither he crawled like a rogue collie, and watched therefrom, keen-eyed as a kestrel, the ale-house below. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Disturbed by the screech of the kestrel, the Alsatian had alerted the watchman who had looked and listened. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Rather unusual detritus for the desert, but if I cut the top most of the way off, I'll have kestrel in a bottle. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
After a quick attempt to climb up behind the dashboard, the kestrel darted out the other side, back into the sage. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
These include wattled crane (Grus carunculatus, VU), corncrake (Crex crex, VU), and lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni, VU). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Birds of prey include kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus), and steppe eagle (Aquila rapax). From Wordnik.com. [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference
Globally vulnerable species such as the Arabian goitered gazelle, marbled teal and lesser kestrel, are still found here. From Wordnik.com. [Middle East steppe] Reference
As they dropped one roll of wire down it disturbed a nesting kestrel, which flew with screeches of complaint into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
The kestrel, or windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. From Wordnik.com. [MacMillan's Reading Books Book V] Reference
Raptors include the American kestrel and golden eagle, along with the ferruginous hawk and various other species of western hawks. From Wordnik.com. [Intermountain Semidesert and Desert Province (Bailey)] Reference
The globally threatened wattled crane Grus carunculatus (VU), corncrake Crex crex (VU), and lesser kestrel Falco naumanni (VU) occur. From Wordnik.com. [Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania] Reference
Problem was, the bird making that noise, barely flying between my truck and the four huge condensate tanks, didn't look like a kestrel. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
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