Unusual Kestrel Encounter

[Olybirder]

We spent a little while at Carlton Marshes yesterday. During the recent extremely strong winds and high tides the flood defences were breached and some of the paths were blocked by barriers to prevent visitors from using them. As we turned a corner we came across this Kestrel clinging to one of the barriers. It kept trying to fly through the centre of the screen, which was only about six feet high, although it could easily have flown over the top or round the side. Every so often it would sit on a post to recover before having another go. After a couple of minutes it managed to get round the side and fly away. It appeared to be unharmed, although its tail feathers had taken a bit of a battering.



Ron

[sapper]

Lovely creature, and some good shots.

[MJ224]

Super clarity and sharpness.:-)

[ronidog]

What an opportunity, Great photos

[Luv2shoot]

Great shots. The ficus and clarity in the second shot is wonderful.

[BDennis]

Very nice close shots of the Kestrel and what a strange encounter. Do you think it might have been habituated to using the post as a perch to hunt from and the introduced barrier was confusing it?

[Olybirder]

There are some trees on the left hand side which form an entrance to the track. I wonder if it is used to flying through there and possibly using the post as a perch too.

Ron

[blackfox]

Super close ups they are creatures of habit , so probably confused by the fence