Unidentified Bird?

r_hurley · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 10:25 AM

Hello All,

See this bird in my park most mornings while walking my dog, swoops from tree to tree low to the ground and is a lovely brown colour. This is the best picture i can get from my phone. Does anybody know what this is?

ron1863 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 10:29 AM

Hi, and a warm welcome to WAB. You bird looks like a Kestrel to me, but I could be wrong.

sunnydale · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 10:30 AM

I'm pretty sure that's a male Kestrel

r_hurley · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 10:36 AM

There are lots of kestrels in the area but i am pretty sure this is not because i have never seen it hover and has quite a large wing span with striking light brown markings underneath.