[Length 9 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This American Kestrel was photographed at General Brant Road, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 20, 2010)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This female American Kestrel was photographed at Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: February 29, 2008)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This American Kestrel was photographed at Weaver Road, Rangerville, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: April 14, 2019)

[Length 12.75 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

The Eurasian Kestrel is a medium-sized Falcon which breeds across much of Europe and Asia. It withdraws to the south in the winter. This Eurasian Kestrel was photographed in winter as it hunted from a perch on telephone wires along a road on the island of Okinawa in Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: February 1996)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Killdeer was photographed at Quivira NWR, Stafford, Kansas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 13, 2019)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Killdeer giving a distraction display was photographed at Arapaho NWR in Walden, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This fledgling Killdeer was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 25, 2004)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Killdeer was photographed at Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 29, 2004)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Killdeer was photographed at Florey Park, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 7, 2008)