From the Signature Series
Just there weeks out on the wing, and already this young juvenile is the master of the air.
It's been hunting on a roadside and was scared off by a bicycle rider coming toward it. It's going to loop around my position and land on a fence post next to me about 2 metres away.
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Nankeen Kestrel approaching nest. She dropped from about 10 metres above and then as I pressed the shutter threw out her wings.
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Nankeen Kestrel Falcon cenchroides
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Female Nankeen Kestrel taking a break from nesting duties. Its raining and hot and an inversion has produced a heavy mist.
Her nest is right on the edge of a flight path, the aircraft is about to land.
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Female Red-capped Robin feeding along roadway in the early morning
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250 gm of pure agression.
Female Kestrel about to defend her two fledglings from an attack by the local Sulphur crested Cockatoo bullies.
One her tactics is to have them chase her, and then stop in mid air, they off course can't match the feat and have to go around in a larger turning circle, using up more energy. She will stoop on them while they are regrouping, creating even more confusion. Short of energy they give up.
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