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Great Egret

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A Great Egret in flight | 10/05/2013

Description

The American Kestrel is the Americas' smallest falcon. It’s around the size of a Rock Dove (pigeon) and has similar markings on its face as the Peregrine Falcon. I see it most often at the park perched on power lines white it surveys the field. It does this cool maneuver where it flaps fast and hovers in the air while it looks for a meal.


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First observation

📆 12/01/2013
📍 Los Angeles, California

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Male
Female
Unknown
📸 ✔️ ✔️
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Experiences & anecdotes

12/16/2022 - When I lived in California, I only saw this bird occasionally. While I was in Huntington Beach, I remember a Kestrel fluttering around a park field. It was perching on various power poles and would flutter in the air and zip around. I stalked it around the field watching it with my binoculars.

Nowadays, here in Texas, we see them all the time. I almost always spot them on power lines at Pearsall Park. Most aren’t skittish and will let me walk underneath them while they stay perched on the lines.


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Photographs

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The fancy feathers of the Great Egret | 01/18/2014


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This egret pokes its head out of the tree canopy | 07/11/2021


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A Great Egret wading in the water | 11/10/2013

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Closeup of the Great Egret | 11/10/2013

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