1706 Charlie
Charlie is a male American Kestrel. Background story: A retired California wildlife biologist is camping on the loop. She lives in her camper with 3 dogs and Charlie, her falconry American Kestrel, who is very willing to cooperate for photos. He would not fly for me because he wasn't hungry. I am going back for flight shots! Ajo, Arizona, USA. 12 January 2016. Yesterday, a roadrunner attacked him and Jan had to run after it to get Charlie out
2024-25: Expert merit award out of 4056 entries in Photocrowd 'Birds of Prey' in September 2024.
2023-24: Judge highly commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Colorful Birds' June 2024.
2016-17: Placed 3rd in RPC 2nd in-club, Animals category (spring 2017, Advanced level).
2017-18: Judge commended and placed 12th (crowd top 10%) out of 500 photos in Photocrowd's 'Almost Anything Beginning with the Letter K' contest in March 2018 Placed 172nd (crowd top 10%) out of 1901 photos in Photocrowd's 'Bird Faces' contest in April 2018. Placed 216th (top 26%) out of 846 photos in Photocrowd's 'Colorful Wildlife' contest in May 2018.
1706 Charlie
Charlie is a male American Kestrel. Background story: A retired California wildlife biologist is camping on the loop. She lives in her camper with 3 dogs and Charlie, her falconry American Kestrel, who is very willing to cooperate for photos. He would not fly for me because he wasn't hungry. I am going back for flight shots! Ajo, Arizona, USA. 12 January 2016. Yesterday, a roadrunner attacked him and Jan had to run after it to get Charlie out
2024-25: Expert merit award out of 4056 entries in Photocrowd 'Birds of Prey' in September 2024.
2023-24: Judge highly commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Colorful Birds' June 2024.
2016-17: Placed 3rd in RPC 2nd in-club, Animals category (spring 2017, Advanced level).
2017-18: Judge commended and placed 12th (crowd top 10%) out of 500 photos in Photocrowd's 'Almost Anything Beginning with the Letter K' contest in March 2018 Placed 172nd (crowd top 10%) out of 1901 photos in Photocrowd's 'Bird Faces' contest in April 2018. Placed 216th (top 26%) out of 846 photos in Photocrowd's 'Colorful Wildlife' contest in May 2018.