Urban Kestrel

[minime]

Had the opportunity to spend the afternoon in an office block hanging out the toilet window shooting this pair...just shows what bringing a 'take away' home to the missus can lead to...


The male came in with this vole...





entered the nest hole and gave it to the female...who promptly brought it back outside to eat it on top of the security light...





Having fed on the 'gift' she then decided her 'headache' was not too bad and the rest as they say...




comments (clean one only please) welcome.

[hhcanon]

Re: Urban Kestrel

What brilliant shots...cant add any more than that. lucky you

[mikep]

Re: Urban Kestrel

lucky you

Lucky Kestrel more like! Great set of shots, telling a good story, and very well executed too! Well done!

Mike.

[Hereford_EOS2]

Re: Urban Kestrel

What a great set, to take a kestrel with it's prey in it's mouth is one thing but also to take kestrels doing a balancing act is another.
Lucky You indeed, well done.

[Muscat]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Brilliant set well worth hanging out of a toilet window for, well done

[colin C]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Very well done.

You saw the opportunity and took advantage of it. Hmmm .............. so did the male Kestrel.

Colin

[Stan]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Excellent

In the last one is he standing on her shoulders to reach something out of shot ?

Stan

[Trev B]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Minime
Sorry but it don't work, the wife is under the stairs screaming her head off ----- all I done was take in a mouse.

[oldcanon]

Re: Urban Kestrel

what a superb series of wildlife behavioural shots, I'm envious

[Redgrape]

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A great set of shots.

[SamFisher]

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Minime
Sorry but it don't work, the wife is under the stairs screaming her head off ----- all I done was take in a mouse.

Great captures

Mike

[minime]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Minime
Sorry but it don't work, the wife is under the stairs screaming her head off ----- all I done was take in a mouse.

Rofpmsl! Nice one...

Many thanks all for your comments...it was worth the effort...despite the SMELL in those loos! They are back again and nesting this year but until the insurance sorts me out and I can replace the big lens they are sadly out of reach...

[Les McLean]

Re: Urban Kestrel

These are great, and a story behind it.

[DeeGee]

Re: Urban Kestrel

Can you not hang out of the loo window again? Are they raising young in the same place. Great shots by the way.