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Dead Kestrel (was - Need help to identify this bird)

  • 04-01-2013 2:07pm
    #1
    dathai c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Hi All,

    I was out walking yesterday and found this bird. Can anyone help me identify what kind of bird it is. I think it might be a young kestrel, but may be well wide of the mark.

    Any help appreciated, thanks
    Dave


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  • #2
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,183 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    Sparrowhawk?

    http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=395


  • #3
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Oh, it's dead. :(

    Looks like a Kestrel alright.

    If you could email John Lusby, Birdwatch Ireland's Raptor Conservation Officer, he might be interested in it.

    jlusby@birdwatchireland.ie


  • #4
    dathai c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭dathai c


    Thanks for the pointers MarkR and whyulittle. I have emailed John Lusby with details as suggested.


  • #5
    dathai c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭dathai c


    It is indeed a Kestrel - confirmed by BWI


  • #6
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Female aswell by looks of it
    Had one not too long ago lovely little birds
    Just wondering what the red is on its chest is it blood?


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  • #7
    dathai c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭dathai c


    dodderangler wrote: »
    Female aswell by looks of it
    Had one not too long ago lovely little birds
    Just wondering what the red is on its chest is it blood?

    Dodderangler, I would say so. I didn't notice red colouring specifically. Overall colouring was brown/black/off-white, with yellow eyes, and very distinctive yellow feet.
    At the request of BWI, I went back to try and recover the carcass, but it was gone, so wasn't able to get a more detailed look, other than what's in the photos.


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