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Margaret,
You
are correct. It certainly is a nankeen
kestrel, I suggest a male. I am not sure what
you are asking. Most raptors take food to a perch but sometimes they will eat
something in flight but mainly only small things. This prey looks to me like a
mouse (not a small item). Falcons commonly capture food with their feet but do
not use the crushing with the feet that hawks do. In that case they usually kill
with the beak, something they have already caught. If a mouse is still
struggling in flight, they will probably try to bite the neck or head in flight
to stop the struggling. That may be what you saw - or it may
not............
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah ACT 2902
02 - 62314041
Namadgi Visitors’ Centre today.
This bird, which this amateur has called a nankeen kestrel
circled the same spot several times. I dunno why, it already had its
breakfast in its talons, and occasionally appeared to take a mid-flight snack,
if that is at all possible. A bit of fresh chicken would sure surpass a
Qantas breakfast.
Margaret Leggoe
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