Archive 2017 · Female American Kestrel

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p.2 #1 · Female American Kestrel

Beautiful set of images. #2 is a killer.

Jan 10, 2017 at 11:07 AM

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p.2 #2 · Female American Kestrel

Thanks everyone for kind comments.

Jan 10, 2017 at 12:51 PM

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p.2 #3 · Female American Kestrel

Beautiful series Thao! Thanks for posting these!!

= Ed=

Jan 10, 2017 at 12:56 PM

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p.2 #4 · Female American Kestrel

surgemaster wrote:
Impressive images, Thao. Takes a lot to keep up with them. How do you like this combo compared to your 7DII-500 f4?
Rex

Thanks Rex, I really like this combo - specially the group focus - It's fast and lighter than 7DII-500 f4 so I can handheld for the in flight shot. As a woman the weight of this set is good for walk around too. I still use my 500F4 for static shots - Can't complaint about the prime lens quality, but I hope Canon will have 7DIII soon

Thanks to my friend, Thang, who helped me to have this set.

Jan 10, 2017 at 12:58 PM

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p.2 #5 · Female American Kestrel

jdc562 wrote:
Very nice action shots Thao. Are these recent? If so, it looks like nesting season has started this year.
---John

Thanks John. How are you? Yes these are recent, got it this week after the rain stop - There is a male around too but he didn't do much

Jan 10, 2017 at 01:01 PM

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p.2 #6 · Female American Kestrel

Lilly_Pad wrote:
@Thao_Nguyen@, wow! these are undoubtedly some of the best American Kestrel pics I have ever seen.

I have lately been trying to find out more about these birds as they frequently visit the backyard of my aunt's house in Canada. I have found that building them a birdhouse can make them stay and reproduce, and so I have built one reasonably large one and put it up on a tree. But, the birds do not seem interested to go near it. Is there anything specific I was supposed to do? I know it may not be the right place...Show more →

Thanks Lilly for looking. These are wildlife and they are very skittish, I don't think we can build any bird house for them like we do for hummingbirds

Jan 10, 2017 at 01:05 PM

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p.2 #7 · Female American Kestrel

@Thao_Nguyen

Oh, well, it would have been cool to have one nesting here... but I think you are right. Hope the nest box will be useful for some other birds

thanks

Jan 11, 2017 at 01:51 AM

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p.2 #8 · Female American Kestrel

Excellent work, Thao! Not an easy bird to capture IF images of, and you've nailed these!

Jan 13, 2017 at 10:25 AM

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p.2 #9 · Female American Kestrel

A great set of images. The diving shot is superb.
Dave

Jan 14, 2017 at 04:22 PM

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