Peregrine

Here's one from late July. A peregrine falcon focuses on a curious photographer while patrolling the Mormon Lake Overlook.

Wow!

Beautiful.

Rich

I'll see your PF and raise it two Sparrow Hawks- PF related...

That's an amazing capture. It looks like the falcon is coming after you.
Bob

This is a super capture. I'm surprised it doesn't have more likes.

Could you provide their scientific name (or just a wikipedia link) to your raptors identification? They look a lot like kestrels, but not quite eurasian kestrels.
Just curious.

I love it when they make eye contact through the lens.

Thank you 😀

American Kestrel, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrowhawk

@TimoK thanks a bunch.

" Other recent DNA analysis takes a similar view that the American kestrel is not a true kestrel, but rather than being linked to the hobbies is more likely genetically more closely related to the larger American falcons such as the peregrine falcon,[2]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel