{"id":12964,"date":"2014-01-09T05:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=12964"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:41:20","slug":"male-american-kestrel-resting-near-the-shore-of-the-great-salt-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/09\/male-american-kestrel-resting-near-the-shore-of-the-great-salt-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Kestrel Resting Near The Shore Of The Great Salt Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanMale American Kestrel resting near the shore of the Great Salt Lake – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm\u00a0VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I was going to do a post about a Bald Eagle this morning but at the last minute had a change of mind and decided to work up this male American Kestrel that I photographed resting near the shore of the Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

The causeway to Antelope Island State Park<\/span> <\/a>used to be a great place to find and photograph these handsome little falcons but over the past two winters I have not seen nearly as many.<\/p>\n

That may be because of a decline in the vole population. At least I hope they have moved to more fertile hunting grounds and that it isn’t because the kestrel population in Utah is declining.<\/p>\n

This image was taken two years ago this month when the level of the Great Salt Lake was higher than it is now. If I were to photograph a kestrel on this same bush today the background would be that of the mudflats not the beautiful blue water seen in this photo.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Kestrel photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was going to do a post about a Bald Eagle this morning but at the last minute had a change of mind and decided to work up this male American Kestrel that I photographed resting near the shore of the Great Salt Lake. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,511,27,1022,26],"tags":[4004,155,2663,4199,4078,4279,4005,5993,6276,4892,11484,4062,4289,4156,373],"class_list":["post-12964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-kestrel","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-kestrel","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-falco-sparverius","tag-falcon","tag-falcons","tag-great-salt-lake","tag-hypersaline-lake","tag-kestrel","tag-kestrels","tag-lakeshore","tag-male","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-resting","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t