Kestrel

[Mrudul Godbole]

Canon 80D, Canon 100-400mm L IS USM, ISO 200, 1/160, f5.6, 360mm, hand held, full frame

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Beautiful little predator. Nice clean background. The eye contact is nice. They just look for a perch to rest and survey the surroundings before taking off in search of prey. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of this slender falcon. Cross barrings on upper parts - female.
Salim Ali has written about its spectacular method of hunting -- checks itself in flight now and then, remains poised stationary in the air for scanning the ground below for crawling prey.
Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild