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Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Description:

it's was at a mongolian family ger. they trained birds of prey to use for hunting.

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4 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely photo!

AkashSatpathy
AkashSatpathy 12 years ago

Nice shot!!

MitchRay
MitchRay 12 years ago

Buzzard is only used as a colloquial term to describe vultures in the America's. In the Old World, the common name Buzzard refers to hawks in the Genus Buteo. Including Buteo buteo the bird so nice they named it twice.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I think you mean young hawk. Buzzards are quite different. Welcome to project noah.

Bas
Spotted by
Bas

Төв, Mongolia

Spotted on Jun 21, 2010
Submitted on May 14, 2011

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