Bird Watching: Awful Bird Pics Volume 12, 1 by snakeadelic

snakeadelic wrote:
burn_2007, you mentioned that kestrels are shy and hard to photograph, but I think that may have to do with their habitat and degree of interaction with people. The awful bird pic I've included is of some of my "neighbors"...and I can definitely vouch that they are a breeding pair. This shot was taken this morning less than fifteen minutes after the third time I photographed them breeding in a week. They're up in a big cottonwood, and I was standing maybe a hundred feet from it, in clear view, to take this photo. I see them often and photograph them at least once or twice a week, together or alone. They watch me, but they don't get spooked even if I'm walking closer (there's a fence between our property and the tree and they seem to know I'm not gonna hop it).