| 单词 | kestrel |
| 例句 | “You can drive a hundred or two hundred miles outside London and not see a single kestrel,” reported another. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, that was Billy’s. A noisy yellow canary that was eaten by a kestrel when we hung her cage outside one afternoon. It made the local paper. Luckily we’d already done the recordings.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I remember the kestrel, the one that ate your canary,” said Harry Bloom after he’d handed Albert the dessert he’d brought from his bakery. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Let it try keeping the kestrels off for a bit.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Although kestrels seldom prey on anything bigger than a rat, they will sometimes attack young rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Next time the kestrel sees a mouse, his own soul cries out Kee in imitation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately the kestrel came lower in an oblique glide, closed its wings and dropped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded him of the kestrel on Watership Down which had pounced into the mouth of the hole and missed the mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another kestrel, perhaps his mate, conies to that cry, and after a few million years all the kestrels are calling each other with their individual note of Kee-kee-kee.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The hanger might have little or no undergrowth but at least the branches gave cover from the sky: and kestrels, they soon realized, were common in this solitude. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the voice of the canary you mentioned, the one that was eaten by the kestrel.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The kestrel drape upon a mouse, and the poor mouse, transfixed with those needle talons, cries out in agony has one squeal of K-e-e-e! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The kestrels were disturbing, but Hazel had been right when he guessed that a healthy, full-grown rabbit was too large a quarry for them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then walks in front of Axel, past the old owl who isn’t calling out, past the turkey vulture eating from a steel tray, past the pair of kestrels resting in the sun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He does not see the point in bringing any of those pigeony things up when he could be reading more about kestrels. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A place for eagles and owls, falcons and kestrels, hawks and vultures, ospreys and buzzards, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He’s rereading the passage on kestrels and their perfect hunting groups when Byrd interrupts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dropping out of the sky by twos and ones came the goshawk, the kestrel, the red-tailed, and the sharp-shinned—the bird club. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The kestrel had not yet seen it, but could hardly fail to do so as soon as it moved. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel spoke again and the mouse began suddenly to run toward him as the kestrel turned and slid sideways and downward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The mice were numerous and so were the kestrels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sparrows in the plowland were crouching in terror of the kestrel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the mouse that he had saved from the kestrel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But even a thrush has wings!” cried the kestrel, speaking for the first time in his sharp-beaked alarm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a kestrel perching on the open window frame, and his eyes had caught a movement below. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra came after Will, and Pantalaimon became a kestrel and flew up as high as he could, making Lyra gasp. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He told everyone about the songs of canaries, the diet of kestrels, and the extraordinary migration patterns of nightingales. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No doubt this is why most grown rabbits will not remain under a hovering kestrel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same moment the kestrel, all beak and talons, hit the loose earth immediately outside like a missile thrown from the tree above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My only distractions from this cheerful scene were several birds of prey — eagles, black kites, and kestrels — soaring above the majestic clifftops. In Portugal’s mountains, an ecotourist haven rises from abandoned stone villages 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Both weekends will offer birds of prey demonstrations at 1 and 3 p.m. in which wildlife experts will display the red-tailed hawk, the American kestrel and the Eastern screech owl, among other species. For Children Listings for Nov. 6-12 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Earlier drafts of my latest novel, You, contained an over-abundance of tors and kestrels, and only when the bracken and gorse were severely hacked back, and then subdued and trimmed again, was I satisfied. Author, author: Joanna Briscoe 2011-07-08T21:55:25Z I didn’t know that kestrels had such exquisite eyesight in the ultraviolet range that they can see the UV reflection from the urine trails of the moles they hunt. In ‘Life at the Limits,’ Extreme Creatures at American Museum of Natural History 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z When he discovers a kestrel chick and christens it Kes, his life starts to change for the better. This week's new theatre 2010-08-28T11:07:00Z Much discussed and interpreted, "The Windhover" plainly begins with, and takes its rhythmic expansiveness from, a vividly observed kestrel. Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z “They are much larger and chunkier as opposed to the kestrel, the smallest of the three species.” Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z “Have you seen ‘Kes’?” he asks, referring to Ken Loach’s 1969 film about a boy from a poor mining village who finds beauty and meaning in the kestrel he trains. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways There was a biblical experience with ladybirds, meaningful meetings with swallows, kestrels and a peregrine falcon, a badger, a bizarre encounter with a tortoise on a lead. ‘Home is a state of mind. You don’t need walls’ 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Other species expected to inhabit the environment include microscopic algae and tiny snails; raptors like red-tailed hawks; and American kestrels. At the End of the New Pier 26, a Surprise 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z I’ve seen pilot whales, dolphins, seals, barn owls, kestrels, peregrines and choughs, met old Cornish fishermen and made new local friends. My year of roaming free in Cornwall – a photo essay 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Potential guests include an Eastern screech owl, a barred owl, a red-tailed hawk and an American kestrel. Spare Times for Children for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z As research, O’Farrell visited Anne Hathaway’s house near Stratford-upon-Avon, made remedies from home-grown herbs and learned to fly a kestrel — “the most fun thing I’ve ever done in the name of work.” Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean ‘Hamnet’ wins Women’s Prize 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z But the most exciting experience may be Meet the Birds, a presentation in which rehabilitators from Volunteers for Wildlife will introduce live species, including owls, a red-tailed hawk and an American kestrel, on Saturday. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z A red-tailed hawk circled overhead; later, Olin spotted a kestrel falcon and pointed it out to us. In Idaho, Tracing What Remains After the Flames 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z So I started walking, wandering daily on Walthamstow Marshes in north-east London to watch the kestrels, caterpillars and the shaggy old heron. Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z He said Loach's film of a boy who bonds with a kestrel had been the "most important cultural event" of his life. Christopher Eccleston: Kes inspired me to smash Oxbridge ivory towers 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z In flight, the Eurasian kestrel is mostly silent, a small falcon that seems to defy physics as it faces the wind and hovers in midair, tail spread out like a fan. A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z There’s also a nesting box for kestrels, who help keep the finch numbers down. This Thurston County farm helps restore prairies with native seeds 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z A self-taught photographer has come face-to-face with a kestrel stooping towards him in Cornwall. Cornwall photographer catches 'once in a lifetime' kestrel picture 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The setting also nearly upstages the bird in a painting of a kestrel perched on a finial atop an ornate building. Review | In the galleries: Colorful shapes, dazzling drama 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The film tells the story of Billy Casper, a working class boy who finds hope and fulfilment when he adopts a young kestrel and begins training it. Christopher Eccleston: Kes inspired me to smash Oxbridge ivory towers 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The most exciting bird I saw recently was a kestrel, which is a small bird of prey. Sunday Funday in L.A. with Adam Conover: birdwatching, soccer and no cars 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z At the museum gate, a friendly docent greeted us with a bird on his gloved fist that Millet immediately identified as a kestrel. The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Depending on when you go, you can expect to see bald eagles, northern harriers, black vultures or American kestrels. Eight great places to see the Mid-Atlantic’s migrating birds 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Figure 2.1 The motion of an American kestrel through the air can be described by the bird's displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z At 11, he got his first kestrel, bigger than a songbird, smaller than most other birds of prey. Meet Rufus, the hawk who keeps pigeons away from Wimbledon 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z One of the most diverse groups of wildlife to thrive here in the Pacific Northwest, especially since the 1990s, are raptors, which include hawks, falcons, bald eagles, kestrels and owls. Seattle is home to many raptors. These volunteers protect them from the dangers of city living 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z She did not interrupt the docent as he told us facts about kestrels that it was clear she already knew. The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z From a hill looking south over a large, green swathe of lush pasture you can see kestrels and kites swooping in the distance. London: Is it time to build on the green belt to meet housing demand? 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z "We've got a kestrel that's got two more chicks waiting to hatch and we're watching those that have already had chicks feed them, also watching any nesting behaviour or couples switching over." BBC Springwatch at Wild Ken Hill: Behind the scenes 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z A small bird such as the American kestrel, the smallest falcon in our region at about 4 ounces, sits and waits for prey. A Washington photographer’s passion: 600,000 photos of flying birds — and the incredible math behind it all 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Yet for the raptors that suffered the greatest turbine mortality, kestrels and red-tailed hawks, the report found the overall impact of the deaths caused by turbines “is likely insignificant from a population standpoint.” A proposed $1.7 billion wind and solar project generates hopes and fears in South Central Washington state 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Along the Californian coast, he trapped pocket mice and watched condors soar; in the Mojave Desert, his team chronicled American kestrels swooping for insects and caught cactus mice hiding among rocks. In a warming world, it's better to be a small mammal than a bird 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Measurements of bones in a bird mummy suggest the animal was probably a Eurasian kestrel. Unprecedented 3-D view inside Animal Mummies 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z And there is genius in revealing the teenage kestrel handlers’ eyes to be quite as bright and sharp as the bird he holds. The big picture: magical realism in everyday Dublin 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The kestrel is not picky — insects, mice, snakes. A Washington photographer’s passion: 600,000 photos of flying birds — and the incredible math behind it all 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z As research, O’Farrell visited Anne Hathaway’s house near Stratford-upon-Avon, made remedies from home-grown herbs and learned to fly a kestrel - “the most fun thing I’ve ever done in the name of work.” Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean ‘Hamnet’ wins Women’s Prize 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The bird appears to be a Eurasian kestrel, of the falcon family. Scientists peer inside ancient Egyptian cat, snake and bird mummies 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Scans of the bird revealed that is was probably a Eurasian kestrel. Scans peek beneath wrappings of ancient mummified animals 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The bird is most likely a Eurasian kestrel, with a damaged beak and left leg, the researchers report. Watch: 3D imaging reveals the ancient lives of Egyptian animal mummies 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z A glum Yorkshire boy finds a baby kestrel, a kind of falcon, and lovingly teaches it how to fly. Movies on TV this week: 'The Godfather' and 'GoodFellas' 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z According to AllAboutBirds, kestrels largely eat insects and other invertebrates, as well as small rodents and even smaller birds. Picture shows rare kestrel chicks peeking their heads out of nest 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A kestrel had claimed one of the other boxes as its own. Barn owls are back in the UK – and for once it's thanks to humans 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Since last year’s harvest the farmer has left the fields alone and they have quickly become a haven for wildlife, with foxes, roe deer, buzzards, a kestrel and barn owls making appearances. Wildlife through the window: what readers have spotted during lockdown 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Every day, people visit by the thousand: runners, outdoor swimmers, tourists, bird-lovers on the trail of whitethroats and blackcaps in the bushes or goldfinches and kestrels in the trees. The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z However, zoo officials reject the idea that their rewilding successes are limited and point to other examples of successfully returning zoo-bred animals to the wild – for example, the Mauritius kestrel. Is it time to shut down the zoos? 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Last year, LPO activists found a dead kestrel, its wings gummed with glue. Slaughter of the songbirds: the fight against France's 'barbaric' glue traps 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Or perhaps because owls often are attacked and harassed during the day by carrion crows, kestrels and other birds. White Barn Owls Thrive When Hunting in Bright Moonlight 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Soon neighbours started calling round with all manner of injured birds, and for several years Zalasiewicz shared his bedroom with a little owl and a kestrel. The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z They pulled out binoculars to see the ground hornbills, firefinches and gray kestrels that had come to eat the grasshoppers scared off by the roaring flames. In Forlorn Park, Lion Cubs Play in Traffic and Elephant Dung Is Met With Delight 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z A rescue plan was launched by a number of organisations, including the Durrell wildlife park and London Zoo, in a bid to save the Mauritius kestrel from extinction in the wild. Is it time to shut down the zoos? 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z When Carl Jones got to Mauritius in the 1970s, there were just four Mauritius kestrels left in the wild. Monday US briefing: Mexico to deport 500 migrants after border clash 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z At a brackish inlet of the Harlem River, Skaife spotted a kestrel. Bird-Watching with the Ravenmaster 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Through the lab, the biologists discovered American kestrels were one of the most-struck birds at Lambert. Biologists work to prevent bird strikes at St. Louis airport 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Today, “birds” alone lists woodpeckers, crossbills, jackdaws, crows, robins, thrushes, blue tits and great tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, ospreys, lapwings, oystercatchers, kestrels, a pheasant and several varieties of owl. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Nesting boxes, in combination with other conservation measures, allowed numbers of Mauritius kestrels to rise to about 800 – although these have dipped slightly in recent years. Is it time to shut down the zoos? 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z "I did see some kestrels hovering above me menacingly, sensing death - around and around above me." Stricken hiker's 'terror' stranded in California desert 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Other species — bluebirds, woodpeckers, kestrels — nest in them. Nature’s great bird migration under threat by you-know-who 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The small falcons were attracted to insects including grasshoppers, so Sonnek’s team had the airport’s grass kept longer to reduce kestrels’ access to the insects when the birds are abundant. Biologists work to prevent bird strikes at St. Louis airport 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Angel had Suzy the hawk, five baby kestrels, two barred owls and a handful of fawns. Indiana man dedicates decades to rehabilitating wildlife 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The researchers, led by biological sciences professor Julie Heath, will examine American kestrels and develop a modeling system to predict how other bird species will react to changes in weather patterns. Boise State awarded $1.7M to research climate change, birds 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z A steady influx of bird life from kestrels to killdeer, hummingbirds to hawks, barn owls to black-capped chickadees. Native plants attract birds to your own backyard 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z This is a work in progress, and the payoff so far is the sight of heron, ducks, American kestrels, hawks, sandhill cranes and bluebirds. Learn from volunteers as they create Chesterton oasis 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Katzner says a live stream of an American kestrel family that nests on the roof of one of the Peregrine Fund’s buildings will return this year. Boise falcon nest cam goes dark, but kestrel cam planned 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Officials say Buster, an American kestrel stolen Friday from the Volunteers for Wildlife, was found Sunday night after he was left on the doorstep of the Nassau County hospital and educational center. Protected falcon stolen from LI wildlife sanctuary returned 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z His office is on the 21st floor of the Flatiron Building, from which he has seen red-tailed hawks, sea gulls and kestrels. Crows and Ravens Make New York Comebacks to Caw (and Cr-r-ruck) About 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Larger species such as ducks also turned up, and even a kestrel, a kind of falcon. A wildlife rehab center confirms that cats are killers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z His second novel - A Kestrel for a Knave - about a young working-class boy named Billy who finds and trains a kestrel, was published in 1968 and filmed the following year. Barry Hines, creator of Kes, dies at 76 - BBC News 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z More birds followed - kestrels, goshawks, red-tailed hawks, Harris’s hawks and falcons. Ancient sport of falconry now a modern hobby 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z On a less positive note, northern bobwhite, American kestrels and loggerhead shrikes continued to decline in most regions. Annual Christmas Bird Count coming up 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The kestrel is the only local hawk that nests in cavities. The American Kestrel Looms Large in New York City, if Only to Its Prey 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s impressive that cats can take them down,” McRuer said of the kestrel, adding that few previous studies have documented the number of species affected by cat predation. A wildlife rehab center confirms that cats are killers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z These include the Baltimore oriole, American kestrel, northern harrier and ring-billed gull. Audubon Mural Project Brings 5-Story Flock to Uptown Manhattan 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z To encourage more nesting, Audubon provided two American kestrel boxes in a shade of taxicab yellow. Making the Javits Center Less Deadly for Birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z They combine recordings of distressed birds with an occasional cry from a predator: sharp-shinned hawk, kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon . Why are invisible birds shrieking near the World Bank in downtown D.C.? 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z The American kestrel may seem beautiful to humans, or even businesslike, but to small birds it is more like a killer on the wing. The American Kestrel Looms Large in New York City, if Only to Its Prey 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z A kestrel, a small falcon, nesting nearby would buzz him as he smoked his pipe at an open window. Custom Horns and Feeders: The Tuba Fixer 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z By the time of her father’s death, Macdonald, an experienced falconer, had trained kestrels and merlins and peregrines, but she had never cared to train a goshawk. How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The team was able to recover prints from the feathers of six species that they tested: kestrels, sparrowhawks, buzzards, red kites, golden eagles and white-tailed eagles, Wildlife crime prints 'breakthrough' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z He once bought a kestrel from a juice vendor, and at one time drove his parents crazy when he kept 14 budgies flying free in his room. Orchardists using falcons to keep birds from crops 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The current guest list includes an electrocuted hawk, a fledgling barn owl that crash-landed while learning to fly, a blind kestrel and a bald eagle with a broken clavicle. Wildlife rescue and rehab: All in a day’s work 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “According to an email that landed last week, a suggestion has been made to the R&A to change the term ‘hole-in-one’ to a ‘kestrel,’” Dempster wrote. Birdie, eagle, albatross and
kestrel?: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Obviously the successful recovery of the Mauritius kestrel remains fragile and the future of the species remains to be written. Endangered Falcon Lives Fast, Dies Young in Response to Habitat Loss 2014-02-28T14:30:26Z By 1974, after years of habitat loss and the use of pesticides like DDT, the kestrel population on Mauritius was down to four. Observatory: Habitat Loss Speeds Up a Kestrel’s Life 2014-02-24T19:52:52Z Ms Shaw said it would set up a new nature reserve to provide a home for a variety of birds including skylarks, linnets, yellowhammers, buzzards and kestrels. Trust aims to buy Dambuster airfield 2013-07-20T06:28:07Z There seems to be some sort of relationship between Rooks and falcons, with Common kestrels Falco tinnunculus and Lesser kestrels F. naumanni both being well-known for their habit of sometimes nesting right within a rookery. In pursuit of the Rook 2013-05-12T17:45:05.410Z A kestrel is a member of the falcon family. Birdie, eagle, albatross and
kestrel?: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z There do not appear to be any recent studies examining the long-term effects of these chemicals on the kestrels. Endangered Falcon Lives Fast, Dies Young in Response to Habitat Loss 2014-02-28T14:30:26Z Here an injured common kestrel is wrapped in a towel to keep it calm during an X-ray. The birds illegally shot in Malta 2013-04-24T00:00:33Z White-tailed hawks and some kestrels flew by, but raptors and other birds were few. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Species represented at the sites include ravens, crows, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, various types of eagle and vulture, red and black kites, kestrels and falcons. Neanderthals 'harvested feathers' 2012-09-17T21:21:08Z Other threatened species, including the American kestrel and grasshopper sparrow, have also been sighted. Green Blog: A Crop Dividend: Restored Bird Habitat in N.J. 2012-09-10T18:40:03Z The previous study found the female kestrels that grew up in poor habitats were forced to disperse farther distances to find their own nesting sites than the females living in better habitats. Endangered Falcon Lives Fast, Dies Young in Response to Habitat Loss 2014-02-28T14:30:26Z A Small Raptor at Home in the Big City City dweller: a male nestling kestrel at the entrance to his nest on West 105th Street. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z Other species that fall into the death traps include woodpeckers, sparrows, shrikes, kestrels and owls, many of which are already experiencing population declines. Green Blog: Mine Markers Threaten Birds Out West 2012-04-26T11:43:30Z "The young kestrel has caught the hawk," he continued, as the Lord of Lens, riding up to him of whom he had been in pursuit, brought him back apparently unwillingly towards the Burgundian party. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z There were plenty of species at street level as well: blue jays, cardinals, American crows, Eastern phoebes, killdeer, loggerhead shrike, kestrel falcons, bronzed cowbirds and, rarest of all, an open-ground woodpecker. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z Three mature Mauritius kestrels in a man-made nesting box. Endangered Falcon Lives Fast, Dies Young in Response to Habitat Loss 2014-02-28T14:30:26Z A male American kestrel soared high above Amsterdam Avenue on a recent Friday afternoon, clutching a smaller bird in its talons. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z Tundra swans, kestrels and warblers had all flown south. Is Silence Going Extinct? 2012-03-15T22:17:17Z It looks like American kestrels are the most numerous of the raptor species in the city; would you agree? City Room: Answers to Questions About Raptors, Part 1 2012-03-14T18:49:49Z Although the falcon was the bird most properly sacred to Horus, not only its varieties, but also the sparrow-hawk, kestrel and other small hawks were mummified in his honour in late times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z And I was thin as a kestrel, too; my added belt holes told me that. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The kestrel, a rusty-colored falcon about the size of a pigeon, landed on a 14th-floor air-conditioning unit and began plucking the feathers off his prey. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z Wind′side, the side next the wind; Wind′-suck′er, the kestrel: a critic ready to fasten on any weak spot, however small or unimportant.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Dense black clouds rolled away to leeward, amidst which hovered swarms of swallows and insect-feeding birds with an outer fringe of kites, kestrels and magpies, all preying on belated locusts and coleoptera. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Far below you can see the flashing wings of kestrels and hear the lapwing's desolate cry. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z When he rises I pounce on the quarry like a kestrel on its prey. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z A female fledgling kestrel perched on a roof on West 82nd Street He prefers to research the birds here, he said, rather than in their traditional grassland habitat. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z At such times it has the appearance of a delicately coloured miniature kestrel or hobby. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z A kestrel up in the battered old tower cried to her young. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z And then comes another flight of kestrels, and we must have the thirty-nine articles served up for a daily dish. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z “I mean what we call here the kestrel,” I replied. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z An adult male kestrel bringing a sparrow to his nest in a cornice on East 75th Street. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z A kestrel patrolled the fields for breakfast, and a hare lilted back to her form. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Against sparrow-hawk and kestrel, and the rarer kinds that occasionally come down from the mountains of the north or the west—the magazines of these birds—the keeper wages ceaseless war. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z I think the kestrels were attracted to the batching plant by the warmth from the heaters that are used in the concrete production process. Kestrels make nests alongside M25 roadworks 2011-07-08T13:57:31Z As the golden glow of the sun disappeared and fireflies and mosquitoes emerged, a lone kestrel swooped back and forth in half-circles as Pip’s father, Bobby, perched patiently on the top of a flagpole. City Room: Now Out of the Spotlight, Pip Isn't Above a Cameo 2011-07-01T22:23:44Z Dr. DeCandido said he has even seen Manhattan kestrels eating nonnative Italian wall lizards never before observed in the borough. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z To think of the hungry kestrel pouncing upon this innocent bird! Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Rock pigeons nested there in thousands, and swallows, and scores of beautiful little kestrels; and swifts flew, screaming out over the roofs below. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z It’s now a a popular place to spot falcon or kestrel. | Resources for Birders 2011-05-05T21:59:34Z Wild ducks, widgeon, teal, and other ducks, gulls, terns, and waders of many species, hawks, kestrels, marsh harriers, and hen harriers are occasionally met with, particularly about Hickling. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z “I just think it’s wonderful to have kestrels in the city,” she added. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z You are generous, my little mother, to defend one of the greediest kestrels who ever struck claw into carrion; but you are not just. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z He’s also standing guard at various lookout spots, scanning the horizon for peregrines or kestrels or other pesky predators that might threaten Violet or the nest. City Room: Answers About Red-Tailed Hawks, Part III 2011-04-22T18:39:10Z With a quick jerk the lady dislodged the kestrel from its perch, tossing the bird to the neck of her palfrey—where it clung, clutching the snow-white mane. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The evening was warm and windless, and no sound came to their ears except the occasional twitter of an early bat, and the far-off wail of a circling kestrel. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z New York City’s kestrels appear to be doing much better than their rural counterparts. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z For example, American kestrels are in sharp decline, while there is a potential decrease in golden eagles. Serving Up Feathered Bait to Attract Ecosystem Data 2010-10-25T23:17:00Z Next time just get the firebreathing kestrels on the Liechtensteiners, they hate that kind of thing. The Fiver 2010-09-08T15:00:00Z The quivering of the kestrel, roosted upon her wrist, tells that she is trembling; while the high heaving of her bosom indicates the presence of some strong emotion. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He'll be released back into the wild only when he's recovered from his injury, because kestrels' legs are really important for catching prey. Baby kestrel breaks his leg 2010-07-09T14:42:00Z Mr. Horvath takes in as many as 50 kestrels a year, more than any other bird, he said. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z The kestrel is indeed the smallest falcon species in North America, and similar in size to a robin. Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark 2010-05-11T15:52:00Z Edward's first attempt at the kestrel's note was not a success. The Princess Galva A Romance We shall find game for goshawks, kestrels, jer-falcons, merlins, and every sort. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The clawed slender fingers did not make Archaeopteryx any more quadrupedal or bat-like in its habits than is a kestrel hawk, with its equally large, or even larger thumb-claw. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" New York’s kestrels, whose juveniles are fledging this week and next across the city, are truly birds of the street. City Room: Kestrels Find New York City a Good Home 2012-06-07T17:46:16Z "To me it's a little surprising the kestrel is hunting amid all of that," Ponder said. Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark 2010-05-11T15:52:00Z A kestrel wheeled slowly across his vision uttering its dismal cry. The Princess Galva A Romance Several hares were seen and a kestrel, while Chator disposed very volubly of the claims of several Anglican clergymen to Catholicism. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "Very odd birds, kestrels," said East, looking waggishly at his victim who was still star-gazing. Tom Brown at Rugby I had," says he, "the pleasure, this summer, of seeing the kestrel engaged in an occupation entirely new to me—hawking after cockchaffers late in the evening. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Even when the crowd was cheering, it didn't seem to impact the kestrel at all. Moth-munching bird finds perch at Twins ballpark 2010-05-11T15:52:00Z There are many kinds of kites, falcons and hawks, kestrel being numerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Only a kestrel’s lonely cry From the wood near there— A rustle in the wheat as I passed by— A cricket’s rune. The Dark Star "I slipped in a bullet to blow a kestrel's head off...." The Confessions of Arsène Lupin Thither he crawled like a rogue collie, and watched therefrom, keen-eyed as a kestrel, the ale-house below. Border Ghost Stories Gray, screaming kestrels wheel and sheer, Above the wasted steering gear. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Another kind of water—also very matutinal in its delivery,—the "Aqua vita," is intonated by the Aquavitario, in a sharp kestrel key,—hear him! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. A hovering kestrel hung poised like a spider swinging from a thread. The Tragic Bride Brown presently stretched out and reclined on his elbow; and while he ate he lazily watched a kestrel circling deep in the gulf below him. Barbarians This picture represents the kestrel, one of the smallest and most beautiful of hawks. Mamma's Stories about Birds The kestrel at this moment flew swiftly away, and the keeper was so perturbed he missed his opportunity of bringing her down. Chatterbox, 1906 This parallel makes it clear that Fr. crécerelle, kestrel, is a metaphorical application of the same word, meaning a leper's "clicket." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) I did not check her sweet enthusiasm by asking her to name some particular feudal castle with a frieze of kestrels' nests. Our Pirate Hoard 1891 It is on account of this peculiar habit of hovering in the air that the kestrel is often called the wind-hover in England. Birds of the Indian Hills The kestrel migrates in autumn, going away at the same time with the larks, which are its favourite food. Mamma's Stories about Birds Ralph laughed, and they sauntered off together, and the kestrel sailed back to her despoiled nest. Chatterbox, 1906 The Latin name for the kestrel is tinnunculus, lit. a little ringer, derived from the verb tinnire, to clink, jingle, "tintinnabulate." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) "Just think of it!" said the dear child; "it is like living in a feudal castle, and having kestrels building their nests on the battlements." Our Pirate Hoard 1891 Other places where kestrels are always to be seen are the bare hills round Almora. Birds of the Indian Hills I learnt his road and, ere they were Sure I was I, left the dark wood Behind, kestrel and woodpecker, The inn in the sun, the happy mood When first I tasted sunlight there. Last Poems Deep in a forest where the kestrel screamed, Beside a lake of water, clear as glass, The time-worn windows of a stone house gleamed, Named only 'Alas.' The Listeners and Other Poems The shadows fleet upon the grass Where the kestrels hover— What leagues of sorrow they must pass Before they shroud my lover! The Village Wife's Lament The kestrel, or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Needless to say, the kestrel affects open tracts rather than forest country. Birds of the Indian Hills Owls nested in the old wells; and most units were presently owning their owlets or kestrels or speckled kingfishers, miserable-looking birds. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad I’m out of place in any decent house, As a kestrel in a hencoop. Krindlesyke Redwings, wheatears, peewits, and airy kestrels are the people of their skies. Lore of Proserpine The kestrel hovering by day, And the little owls that call by night, Bid him be swift and keen as they, As keen of ear, as swift of sight. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Magpies, jays, woodpeckers—both green and pied—kestrels hovering overhead, sparrow-hawks darting over gateways, hares by the clover, weasels on the mounds, stoats at the edge of the corn. Nature Near London Of the migratory birds of prey the kestrel is perhaps the first to arrive; the osprey and the peregrine falcon are among the last. A Bird Calendar for Northern India But now I’m old and sightless; and any tit May chivvy a blind kestrel. Krindlesyke A kestrel hovered over the gorse, and she marked a badger on the hillside shuffling home before Man and his Dogs began the old rowdy-dowdy game once more. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Now, that kestrel was in a bad temper and vicious. The Way of the Wild The kestrel hovering by day And the little owls that call by night, Bid him be swift and keen as they As keen of ear, as swift of sight. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend The fields and open plains swarm with larks, pipits, finch-larks, lapwings, plovers, quail, buntings, mynas, crows, harriers, buzzards, kestrels, and a score of other birds. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Birds and fishes in cases stared glassily,—owl and kestrel, jack and eel and gudgeon. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance You are fond of wild things; a wood comes down to the edge of the garden, a wood that harbours owls and buzzards and kestrels.” When William Came But he didn't and it was not all up; though the kestrel seemed as if she were going to hover there, in that spot, through all eternity. The Way of the Wild No! no! the dastard kestrel kite Aye hugs the earth in his stealthy flight. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. She is as hard as a flint, as savage as a kestrel, and as touch-me-not as a nettle; but she has a face that does a body's eyes good to look at. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes "I shot a kestrel an' a stoat wi' un this morning." The Mating of Lydia These mice were preyed upon by kestrel hawks, owls, and weasels; but at first they made little or no appreciable difference. After London Or, Wild England A very little longer and I believe he would actually have died from sheer overstrain, instead of from kestrel. The Way of the Wild In the cases before the visitor, are grouped the European hobby and kestrel, and the peregrine and jet falcons. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The kestrels were the most numerous, but there were many sparrow-hawks. The Amateur Poacher So did the movements of birds--the rise of a couple of startled grouse, the hovering of two kestrels, a flight of wild duck in the distance. Lady Connie She closed the book, threw a glance around the four corners of the room, another at the stuffed kestrel—whose pitiless small eye strangely resembled Doctor Glasson's—and dragged herself to the window. True Tilda So hunts the kestrel falcon, and by the same token the thrush knew that this was a big hen-kestrel. The Way of the Wild Deep in a forest where the kestrel screamed, Beside a lake of water, clear as glass, The time-worn windows of a stone house gleamed Named only "Alas." Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. A kestrel was hovering in the next meadow: when the beat of his wings ceased he slid forward and downwards, then rose and came over me in a bold curve. The Amateur Poacher Then as the kestrel began once more the heavens to climb A new-winged spirit rose clear above the hills of time. Poems New and Old Hung in a poise that knows no law The kestrels watch above the trees, But never was kestrel yet that saw The half that Mrs. Hawksbee sees. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 I say "big" advisedly, because in kestrel society it is the ladies who have the weight and the vote. The Way of the Wild The kestrel, or windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V A kestrel is harmless compared to a crow. The Amateur Poacher Now you may see the kestrels hovering in mid air, and the great sluggish heron wending his ethereal way to the upper waters of the trout stream. A Cotswold Village Not a bullet told upon Britomarte; Suddenly snorting, she launched along; So the osprey dives where the seagulls dart, So the falcon swoops where the kestrels throng. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon There were sparrow hawks, with white breasts, and kestrels, and down the slopes scampered, with their long legs, several fine fat bustards. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea But all our available population in that vast survey was one cow and a kestrel. Traffics and Discoveries Once I waylaid thee in green forest covers, Hoping that spring might free my lips with gentle fingers; Alas! her presence lingers No longer than on the plain the shadow of brown kestrel hovers. Georgian Poetry 1918-19 My faith, how I should sweep down yon cross road like a kestrel on a brood of young plover! Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 While they stood there, something—probably a kestrel—disturbed the rooks dwelling in the summits of the still elms across the moat, and they rose simultaneously in the air with long-drawn cries. The Slave of the Lamp The kestrel hovering by day, And the little owls that call by night, Bid him be swift and keen as they, As keen of ear, as swift of sight. A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 Firstly, the locusts shall not eat up their vine-blossoms; a legion of owls and kestrels will devour them. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 Presently two flew up and hovered together, like kestrels, over the stream. The Naturalist on the Thames Peewits tumbling heavily, pigeons with beating wings, sailing jackdaws—higher yet, serene in rarity, a brown kestrel oared the sky. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Up there a pair of kestrels floated—two living cross-bows bent above him. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea The biggest forest in the county now affords no refuge to any hawk above the size of a kestrel. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs Some boys were up here, engaged in fishing—fishing for young kestrels in their nest above a shattered gateway. Old Calabria These nests last for years, and often have a series of tenants, kestrels, squirrels, brown owls, or hobbies. The Naturalist on the Thames It was when a kestrel dashed overhead, bearing in its talons a captured lizard whose tail fluttered in the air: the poor beast never made a faster journey in its life. Alone Sometimes it hovers in the air, like a kestrel, scanning the ground below. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Any one who has watched the kestrel hanging poised in the air, before it swoops upon its prey, will acknowledge the felicity of the name 'windhover,' or sometimes 'windfanner,' which it popularly bears. On the Study of Words Countless jackdaws and kestrels nestle in this cliff, as well as clouds of swifts, both Alpine and common. Old Calabria "As wild as a hawk" is a proverbial comparison, but kestrels venture into the outskirts of Brighton, and even right over the town. The Life of the Fields For invariably the kestrel with one of his sudden swallow-like turns avoided the blow and went on as before. Afoot in England In Spain the swallow is met with in company with kestrels, fly-catchers, and even pigeons. Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution MORRIS, Mr., breeding of the kestrel in captivity. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 There were sparrow hawks with white bellies, and screeching kestrels. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. The Life of the Fields Before long I discovered the bird at a great height coming towards me in hot pursuit of a kestrel. Afoot in England Sparrow-hawks sometimes breed in old crows' nests, and the kestrel in churches and ruins. The Natural History of Selborne In a light air or calm there is no ascending current, or it is imperceptible and of no use to the kestrel. The Life of the Fields Such currents, when they do exist, are very local; but the kestrel's hover is not local: he can hover anywhere. The Life of the Fields Without entering into this portion of the discussion, let us examine the kestrel's habits. The Life of the Fields For the kestrel is a most insulting creature towards the bigger birds. Afoot in England The kestrel, or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. The Natural History of Selborne The kestrel is not the only bird that hovers. The Life of the Fields The sparrowhawk makes a nest in a tree, often in firs; the kestrel lays in old rooks', crows', or magpies' nests. The Life of the Fields But kestrels do not always descend upon prey actually in view. The Life of the Fields Great was my happiness to find them still there, as well as the daws and all the other feathered people who make this great building their home; even the kestrels were not wanting. Afoot in England Nevertheless kestrels are common, and sparrowhawks, if not quite so numerous, are in no degree uncommon. The Life of the Fields The remaining eleven have survived—namely, stoat, weasel, rat, crow, kestrel, sparrowhawk, brown and barn owl, jay, magpie, and woodpecker. The Life of the Fields Even on the ground almost all birds face the wind by choice; but the hovering kestrel has no choice. The Life of the Fields I have seen a kestrel hover over every variety of dry ground that is to be found. The Life of the Fields Hence has arisen the supposition that a kestrel cannot hover without a wind. The Life of the Fields The kestrel is the commonest hawk in the southern parts of England, so that many opportunities occur to observe his habits; and there ought not to be any doubt in the matter. The Life of the Fields When the season became less rigorous, and the breeding time approached, the kestrel was seen no more; having flown for the copses between the Downs or in the Weald. The Life of the Fields |
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