{"id":14713,"date":"2014-04-07T04:53:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14713"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:11:11","slug":"banking-american-kestrel-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/07\/banking-american-kestrel-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking American Kestrel Female"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FemaleBanking female American Kestrel in flight – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

The term “Banking” in my title doesn’t mean this female American Kestrel is heading to the closest ATM or to a local branch of Wells Fargo because\u00a0this little beauty doesn’t care one cent about money!<\/p>\n

By “banking” I mean that the bird has turned in flight into a position that shows her fully extended wings from above in this dorsal view.<\/p>\n

As I recall this kestrel was turning to head back to her perch after a failed attempt at capturing prey in the snow below her.<\/p>\n

Photographing birds in flight is a challenge to many and capturing a banking turn can be even more difficult especially with a small fast moving falcon like this American Kestrel<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getting this pose with the wings extended, the tail fanned out, and<\/em> getting eye contact practically made me jump for joy on the Christmas Eve day that I photographed her at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in northern Utah.<\/p>\n

I should have thanked her for the Christmas present!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/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":"

The term “Banking” in my title doesn’t mean this female American Kestrel is heading to the closest ATM or to a local branch of Wells Fargo because this little beauty doesn’t care one cent about money!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164485,"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":[152,27,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,155,4476,2663,2150,4199,4078,4279,4070,4052,4122,6276,4892,4094,2503,4095,373],"class_list":["post-14713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-kestrel","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-kestrel","tag-banking","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-dorsal-view","tag-falco-sparverius","tag-falcon","tag-falcons","tag-female","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-kestrel","tag-kestrels","tag-marsh","tag-sparrow-hawk","tag-wetlands","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