Here are photos of a female American Kestrel enjoying a quick snack on a very cold day in January. I came upon this scene just after the capture of the mouse and as per usual ...missed the whole thing....ah well. I may be a bit heavy-handed in showing this many shots of this rather gruesome activity as i have but i want you to consider the fact that it is not as easy as you might think to dismember an animal even as small as a field mouse. Further, i want to show you that to eat it quickly is not easy either especially at 20 below with a 30 klm windchill. A small creature such as a mouse that has expired not only chills out but will probably freeze solid reasonably quickly and become unusable to the little falcon if it does.
"Music by: Kevin Macleod"
Categories & Keywords
Category:Animals
Subcategory:Birds
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Keywords:Bird of Prey, Silent Hunter, falcon, raptor