{"id":14865,"date":"2014-05-01T04:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14865"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:50:05","slug":"peek-a-boo-kestrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/01\/peek-a-boo-kestrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Peek-a-boo Kestrel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peek-a-booPeek-a-boo Kestrel – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 320, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I have always liked this\u00a0American Kestrel image because of the pose and how the female kestrel appears to be peeking at me while she preened.<\/p>\n

I also like how the talons of her raised foot are exposed. The background is exposed dirt on Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.<\/p>\n

American Kestrels are North America’s smallest falcons and in some areas their populations are declining and more studies need to be done to find out why American Kestrels<\/span><\/a> are becoming rare in some regions of North America. I hope that we can find out why the population of these falcons are in decline.<\/p>\n

I’m keeping my post today simple because I\u00a0was without\u00a0electricity for several hours last evening.<\/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":"

I have always liked this American Kestrel image because of the pose and how the female kestrel appears to be peeking at me while she preened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164489,"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":[4004,155,2663,4199,4078,4279,5632,4070,6276,4892,4104,4019,4063,373,8917],"class_list":["post-14865","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-birds-of-prey","tag-falco-sparverius","tag-falcon","tag-falcons","tag-falcons-of-utah","tag-female","tag-kestrel","tag-kestrels","tag-perched","tag-preening-2","tag-raptor","tag-winter","tag-wooden-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t