Kestrel Response to Cooper’s Hawk

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3 жыл бұрын

A typical reaction of a trained kestrel to the sight of a Cooper’s hawk. No screaming, no tail-thumping, no movement. Just squeezing down as small and being still as possible until the threat passes.
I thought it was a perched kite while I was filming, but when it flushed after the video, I saw it was a Cooper’s. She knew all along.

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@alanjohnson2662 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in the U.S. 60 years ago we called them sparrowhawks. Current term is American kestrel.

@jaysworld4827 10 ай бұрын

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@thewildlifephotographer297 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: another name for an American kestrel is a sparrowhawk

@bebeconsentido241 2 жыл бұрын

are you sure?

@thewildlifephotographer297 2 жыл бұрын

@@bebeconsentido241 yes

@arm0ur_099 2 жыл бұрын

A sparrowhawk is an accipiter, a kestrel a falcon. Very different animals

@thewildlifephotographer297 2 жыл бұрын

@@arm0ur_099 it is, but another name for an American kestrel is sparrowhawk, falcon is falco scientifically.

@thewildlifephotographer297 2 жыл бұрын

This is off Google below The American kestrel (Falco sparverius), also called the sparrow hawk, is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. It has a roughly two-to-one range in size over subspecies and sex, varying in size from about the weight of a blue jay to a mourning dove.