{"id":24209,"date":"2015-10-27T22:37:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T22:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=24209"},"modified":"2015-10-27T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T22:37:49","slug":"more-kestrel-antics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/more-kestrel-antics\/","title":{"rendered":"More Kestrel Antics"},"content":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed another good lunchtime display from the local kestrel. I do enjoy this being literally outside my window, even if I do have to scramble up a slope to get a decent position. Anyway, I first spotted the kestrel (female) being mobbed by a corvid combination of crow and magpie.<\/p>\n

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Kestrel being mobbed by a magpie and crow at Watts Bank, University of Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They managed to drive the kestrel off, but 20 minutes later she was back, calmly ignoring the circling herring gulls while it hovered over the thick undergrowth.<\/p>\n

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Kestrel at Watts Bank, University of Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well maybe not so calmly… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Kestrel defecating…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last little sequence shows some nice variation in wing position as the kestrel battled against the wind.<\/p>\n

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Wings tight to body<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wings open wide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The half-fold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
And the forward curve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed another good lunchtime display from the local kestrel. I do enjoy this being literally outside my window, even if I do have to scramble up a slope to get a decent position. Anyway, I first spotted the kestrel (female) being mobbed by a corvid combination of crow and magpie. They managed to drive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990],"tags":[1152],"class_list":["post-24209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","tag-kestrel","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t