An American Kestrel sat quietly surveying the field on a late November day out in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Denver, CO.
We watched as the Kestrel quickly swooped down into the dried brown fall grass and pulled up small juicy meals which looked to be caterpillars easily held in their toe.
After a few successful hunts from this one fence post the Kestrel glanced back to see how we had liked the show and then flew off down the road to find another hunting spot.
nature has no boss 
Amazing opportunity! I enjoyed the photos.
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Thanks,observing this little Kestrel hunting was a fun reprise from a busy day.
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Nice capture!
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HI and thanks.
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These are lovely photographs of a beautiful bird. Thanks, Mike!
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Your Welcome Adam, Kestrels are amazing little hawks and usually very shy so it was a treat for us to get to watch this one.
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Such a pretty little bird and it’s great that you captured its prey, illustrating their varied diet.
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HI Eliza, it was nice to be able to get this Kestrel with a meal. We were quite surprise they were finding caterpillars in the field. I can imaging having the eyesight required to pick them out form 100 ft away while sitting on a fence post.
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Pretty amazing to think about.
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It is.
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MY FAV!!!!
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Hi and thanks for the feedback. Kestrels are very shy around here so we were thrilled to be able to get a bit of time to observe this one hunting.
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They are cool little birds!
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Hi and they are cool and so colorful.
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Lovely shots – and a beautifully marked bird. RH
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Hi and yes beautiful colors and patterns. We enjoyed that this one bent over forward and we got a good look at the colored patch on their head. Pretty cool.
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