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Female kestrel
This little lady was hanging out in this tree the whole day. She was there when I was on my way out on the trail around 11am and still there as I was coming back at 3pm. I was actually waiting for a woodpecker to come back and didn't spot her until I was scoping out the tree with my long lens. Apparently she also knew that this was also a favorite tree of the woodpecker and tried for lunch when he came around, but missed and the woodpecker lived to peck another tree.
The American Kestrel, sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At 19–21 cm long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America. It exhibits sexual dimorphism in size and plumage, although both sexes have a rufous back with noticeable barring. Juveniles are similar in plumage to adults.
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