holding prey – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Male American Kestrel On A Sign Post With His Prey

By Mia McPherson|2024-01-15T09:53:42-06:00January 3rd, 2018|Categories: American Kestrels, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Kestrel, beak, birds of prey, Falco sparverius, falcon, falcons, holding prey, kestrel, kestrels, lift off, marsh, post, prey, raptors, sign post, vole, wetlands, winter|

I've found American Kestrels to be "stickier" in cold weather and it wasn't much above 20°F when I photographed him as he consumed the vole bit by bit.