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Talons IX
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American Kestrel (Family Falconidae, Falco sparverius) Known as the sparrowhawk, it is the smallest and most common falcon in North America. They can see in ultraviolet. They are only 10.5 inches tall, but have a 2 foot wingspan.

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::Anita54
05/06/07 1:33 PM GMT
Beautiful and perfectly clear. What a dynamite post. Thanks Randy.
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After a bit of an absence, partly vacation but mostly tax season...busy for bookkeeping businesses... I'm glad to be back out here with at least 'some' regularity. I've missed everyone and am glad to have a little more time again.
.TrailGypsy
05/06/07 3:39 PM GMT
Great detail and color. I like your frame choice too. I have a friend who owns a couple birds of prey. He takes them out to rabbit-hunt when the season is open. Poor rabbits :( Awesome birds though!
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To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. Charles-Damian Boulogne
::cynlee
05/06/07 3:45 PM GMT
What a lovely bird. Nice details and I like the frame. I'm wondering how you did it.
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You will be led to the knowledge of the internal things which are invisible to you, by the external things which you see before you. . . . Even so then, we can represent to ourselves in thought the Author of all that is, by contemplating and admiring the (visible) things which He has made, and ever brings into being. - Hermes
::jswgpb
05/06/07 4:40 PM GMT
A hungry birdie. :) Nice job buddy.
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Always remember - Follow the Yellow Brick Road, it will lead you to the Emerald City and OZ A very nice place to repose. Trust me on this one, I live there. :-)................ MY GALLERY - THE LION****Another Site I'm AT - MY DA HOMEPAGE
::phasmid
05/06/07 9:10 PM GMT
Great bird shot and I'm with Cindy...I wanna know how you did that frame...that's downright classy.

♥PJ♥

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"You may forget. But let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us."
::LynEve
05/07/07 2:20 AM GMT
Love the presentation and the photo is a winner.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see ~ Marcel Proust
::Hottrockin
05/07/07 11:02 AM GMT
I'm so glad you all swooped by and left such nice comments!! Thanks!!
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I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly!! Picture Purrrfect .
::gerryp
05/07/07 1:51 PM GMT
Great shot of this magnificient Kestril Randy...gerry
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"The more we come in contact with animals, and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care for their young." - philosopher Immanuel Kant
.MOOFIED1
05/09/07 3:00 AM GMT
wonderful!
and into my faves:D
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...of all the things i've lost... i miss my mind the LEAST!
::MarianaEwa
05/18/07 9:45 AM GMT
Awesome color and clarity Randy. I really like the framing and presentation.
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.Alexxandra
01/24/08 2:50 PM GMT
Well, thank you for this photo and the presentation.I have never seen one, and I mean,not even in a photo.But now there is a new thing that I learned.Thank you again.

And about that little guy,he looks so sweet and innocent (I bet it isn't so)!!! I just love this photo. :)

Alexxandra.
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