Here’s a species I’ve never posted before — the Malagasy kestrel. As the name suggests, it is native to Madagascar. It’s a small bird of prey that has many other common names, including the Malagasy spotted kestrel, Newton’s kestrel, Madagascar spotted kestrel, katiti and hitsikitsika. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens, ISO 200, f/8 at 1/320th of a second.
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Here’s a species I’ve never posted before — the Malagasy kestrel. As the name suggests, it is native to Madagascar. It’s a small bird of prey that has many other common names, including the Malagasy spotted kestrel, Newton’s kestrel, Madagascar spotted kestrel, katiti and hitsikitsika. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens, ISO 200, f/8 at 1/320th of a second.
Wow. How unusual. A bird dressed in feathers resembling cheetah fur. Very interesting.
Such a beautiful color!
Are you 100% sure this isn’t a pigeon wearing a leopard-print jacket?
As my mother accurately pointed out, that’s a cheetah print jacket.
I like the muted background.
Looks very much like a female American Kestrel wearing her husband’s feather coat. 🙂
great pic. ) would this bird be like the spotted owl. ? )
Beautiful bird with a backdrop of wonderful bokeh, Sean!
Beautiful! I’ve only seen an American Kestrel once. This must be his flashier cousin.