Kestrels in a sentence

However, the fox and greater kestrels can be told apart at first glance by their tail colors, but not by much else; they might be very close relatives and are probably much closer to each other than the lesser and common kestrels.

As you stand out on the hill fort look out for the buzzards mewing, gliding and diving and the kestrels hovering and hunting.

The company’s lovely grounds are home to a range of species including butterflies, hares, kestrels, deer, bats and owls who live happily alongside the chemists, data analysts, engineers and accountants who work there.

The Kestrels team at Nettleton Primary School's sports day of 2014.

Kestrels are always of interest, and the kestrel that Bob Kimberly spotted at Sepiessa Point on April 2 — reported in last week’s column — was still around on April 6, spotted by Denguole Budris.

Marco was in Hortobágyi National Park, Hungary when he spotted these kestrels displaying typical courtship behaviour.

Other species that will likely move through in modest numbers include sharp-shinned hawks, Cooper’s hawks, red-tailed hawks, red-shouldered hawks, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, merlins, and American kestrels.

The Granite City side take on Kirkcaldy Kestrels this weekend before meeting Dundee Comets in the City of Discovery to close out the regular league fixtures.

Kestrels, a raptor that is territorial, needs boxes spaced about one kilometer apart.

Among the crevices of the rock shelter are pigeons, jackdaws and birds of prey such as kestrels and the peregrine falcon.

Birds of prey include the secretary bird ( Sagittarius serpentarius ), martial eagle ( Polemaetus bellicosus ) and other eagles, the giant eagle owl ( Bubo lacteus ) and other owls, falcons, goshawks, kestrels, and kites.

Description Common kestrels measure convert from head to tail, with a wingspan of convert.

However, kestrels may more often prey on lizards at southern latitudes, in northern latitudes the kestrel is found to more often deliver lizards to their nestlings during midday and also with increasing ambient temperature.

In this species, the smaller kestrels are, the less food is needed and thus, they can survive in environments that are harsher.

It has become more energetically favorable for male kestrels to remain smaller than their female counterparts because of the fact that smaller males have an agility advantage when it comes to defending the nest and hunting.

Small species; possibly closer to kestrels than to peregrine lineage or hierofalcons, but may be more basal altogether due to its age *?

Some of the voles the Ice Age common kestrels ate—such as European pine voles (Microtus subterraneus)—were indistinguishable from those alive today.

The smallest falcons are the kestrels, of which the Seychelles kestrel measures just 25 cm.