Winter Male American Kestrel - a photo on Flickriver

I got to go for a short birding run today and ran into a pair of American kestrels near the Poudre River in Fort Collins, CO.

From a distance the beautiful colors on a male are very hard to see, but up close or through binos they are quite the colorful raptor. The American kestrel is our most common falcon in the US and also our smallest.

This is a nice one to view Large On Black

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Fort Collins (show map)

Taken on: February 11, 2007

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Camera: Nikon D70, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 300mm (=450mm) (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D70
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Auto, Fired, Return not detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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