Surprise! Laurie and I walk out to the shop and open the door and what do you suppose we see? A little Kestral that got lost trying to find a winter nesting spot.
She almost hit Laurie in the head several times on her flight to escape. In the mean time Chewey (our dog) is "on the hunt" and almost caught the little girl before we helped her find her way out.
Of course I had to get a few images before she flew the coop, as it were.Wikipedia says:
The name kestrel, (from French crécerelle, derivative from crécelle i.e. Ratchet) is given to several different members of the falcon genus, Falco. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height of around 10–20 metres (33–66 ft) over open country and swoop down on prey, usually small mammals, lizards or large insects. Other falcons are more adapted to active hunting on the wing. In addition, kestrels are notable for usually having much brown in their plumage.
