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Love is in the air (and on the window-sill) I came out of work (my other work place...) and heard someone calling from above: it was a Kestrel, sitting on the windowsill and screaming. I took out my camera and pointed it at the Kestrel - when the male suddenly came and joined in! it was pure luck!  Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,Geotagged,Israel,Winter,love,mating Click/tap to enlarge

Love is in the air (and on the window-sill)

I came out of work (my other work place...) and heard someone calling from above: it was a Kestrel, sitting on the windowsill and screaming. I took out my camera and pointed it at the Kestrel - when the male suddenly came and joined in! it was pure luck!

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  1. Awesome capture! Posted 6 years ago
    1. thank you! Posted 6 years ago

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  Year-Round Range  Passage migrant  Winter Range
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
About 10, see text
| synonyms =
''Falco rupicolus'' Daudin, 1800
''Falco tinnunculus interstictus''
}}

The common kestrel , also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. In the United Kingdom, where.. more

Similar species: Falcons And Caracaras
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Feb 27, 2019. Captured Feb 25, 2019 17:40 in Atir Yeda St 16, Kefar Sava, Israel.
  • COOLPIX B700
  • f/6.5
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO110
  • 258mm