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American kestrel (female)

Falco sparverius

Description:

Female kestrel rehabilitated after a collision with a vehicle but unable to fly so she is now an educational animal.

Habitat:

Chattanooga Nature Center

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5 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Sad to find them in such captivity..... Intrusion of Human in their habitat caused such incidences. Here in India its most occurs....
Today I have read India observed 30% less Migrant birds this winter....

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

Nice series!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Mine too Yuko!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Really love those beautiful colors! American kestrels are one of my favorites!!!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks EnvUnlimited!

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Jan 28, 2013

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