Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Kestrel Shots

Beautiful when perched, the male Kestrel is spectacular in flight!
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Here you can see the two edgemost tail feathers, differently marked than the rest. The Kestrel can actually deploy these like drags chutes, while keeping the rest of the tail folded tight!
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