{"id":6801,"date":"2012-12-16T03:55:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T09:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:00:32","slug":"male-american-kestrel-lifting-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/16\/male-american-kestrel-lifting-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Kestrel Lifting Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale American Kestrel lifting off from a post – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm with 1.4x TC at 328mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

There is something about American Kestrels that speaks to me. They might be our smallest falcon in North America but they have big attitudes, fierce characters, and are terrific hunters.<\/p>\n

I was more than delighted to photograph this male American Kestrel<\/span><\/a> as he lifted off from a wooden post.<\/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":"

There is something about American Kestrels that speaks to me. They might be our smallest falcon in North America but they have big attitudes, fierce characters and are terrific hunters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164381,"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":[152,511,1022,26],"tags":[4004,155,2663,11978,4199,4078,4279,6276,4892,4282,4062,373,8917],"class_list":["post-6801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-kestrel","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-american-kestrel","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-desert-island","tag-falco-sparverius","tag-falcon","tag-falcons","tag-kestrel","tag-kestrels","tag-lift-off","tag-male","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\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