American Kestrel male
This is a male American Kestrel, with slate blue wings and no barring on the upper tail. This photo was taken in early May, which is still spring — as can be seen by the fact that the needles are just coming out on the nodes of the branches of the Larch tree in which this small falcon is perched. (Larches are unusual in that they are conifers but not evergreen.) The location was the high elevation plateau east of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.
American Kestrel male
This is a male American Kestrel, with slate blue wings and no barring on the upper tail. This photo was taken in early May, which is still spring — as can be seen by the fact that the needles are just coming out on the nodes of the branches of the Larch tree in which this small falcon is perched. (Larches are unusual in that they are conifers but not evergreen.) The location was the high elevation plateau east of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.