American Kestrel Falcon

Also called a sparrow hawk. The smallest American falcon. This one is a 5 year old female. She was found or captured as a baby and cannot be released into the wild because she imprinted with humans.

[tony gig]

Beautiful bird and capture...

[Rosie Kind]

A lovely capture - Fav

[carol white]

A lovely capture. Fav!! 😃

[Tracie Broadhead]

fav-such innocent looking eyes!

[Maggiemae]

He sat nicely for you on this guy's hand! The best time to take a photo of a falcon!

[Stephanie Swift]

Exquisite little lady, fav.

[Kerri Michaels]

very cool...fav

[Rick]

Beautiful capture.

[Joanna kate]

Beautiful bird

[Elizabeth]

A little beauty!

[Joe III]

Beautiful capture of the sparrow hawk. Great composition and color. Fav!

[Ron]

Majestic looking. Good job of capturing that ambiance Joy.

[Amrita]

Amazing beauty

[Louise & Ken]

What a dear little bird Joy! Was this taken while you were home? I remember something about wedding plans with the falconeer...

[Gena Pegg]

Beautiful bird, capture and processing. Such piercing eyes. SUch great detail and pov.

[Louise & Ken]

MIA? Must be semester finals! I miss you!

[Joy's Focus]

@Weezilou Hi Louise! This photo is from the Hawk Watch in Ramona. It's an educational program for the public and it's free.
But you're right about me being MIA. School has started up again and I just don't have the time like I used to for posting and commenting and viewing all those beautifully creative pics. I miss you too!

[Al Bailey]

Awesome capture! :)

[Yeshanghai]

Great capture