Bastard Winglets on a Nankeen Kestrel

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Subject:	Bastard Winglets on a Nankeen Kestrel
From:	Chris Shaw <>
Date:	Sun, 30 Oct 2022 13:04:43 +1030

Alula flight feathers or, bastard winglets are small wings at the elbow of birds especially raptors... and probably many others. I took some photographs of a Nankeen Kestrel displaying them in strong up-draughts hovering above the cliffs south of my home in Adelaide... and an Australasian Pelican sans alula's...

https://www.ararelitus.com/blog/nankeen-kestrel-cliff-soaring

... can be seen on my blog above…

Chris Shaw

+61 409 675912

https://www.ararelitus.com

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