Last week I went back to visit the colony of Lesser kestrel that I had spent some time with time ago (you can see the post here: http://searchimpressions-life.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-day-with-lesser-kestrel.html). I hope to be able to post some of the new shots soon, but in the meantime I would like to share a few photos I took of another bird that was a nice unexpected surprise.
While I was watching the kestrels I noticed another falcon that at first looked like one of the others, but it was much darker. It flew low in front of me and stopped on a wire nearby. Once I framed it with my camera I had confirmation of what I thought: a Red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus). This was a young male as I could see from the plumage of the wings not completely dark. A beautiful bird.
A male of Lesser kestrel came and pushed him away a couple of times until the Red-footed falcon flew away.
The shots have some noise because unfortunately the bird was far from me and I had to crop quite a bit, but I am happy with this capture.
