American Kestrel

A few weeks ago we saw a beautiful little bird on a wire along the road near Dutton. We turned around and got a better look but he took off before we could get a picture. From our bird book we realized this was an American Kestrel likely in full color for mating purposes....beautiful. Today we passed by a female Kestrel and managed to get this picture because she was distracted by her mouse? or mole? lunch which she was eating while balancing on the wire. For a closer look at her menu just click on the picture and it will enlarge.