noun
definition
Any of various small falcons of the genus Falco that hover while hunting.
definition
The common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
Examples of kestrel in a Sentence
There are many kinds of kites, falcons and hawks, kestrel being numerous.
The same mongoose also refused to eat a kestrel (Cerchneis rupicoloides) and a hobby (Falco subbuteo), although it devoured certain other birds that were given to it.
You say in kestrel, " You should let me give you somethin ' fa it... " - Jolen peers up.
The Welsh Hawking Center In the play James Staniforth will play the part of Billy Casper who trains a kestrel.
A glimmer of hope is offered when Billy finds a baby kestrel, which soon becomes the focus of his life.
The regular male kestrel who often hunts for voles in front of the hide has put on some great shows.
Report by Peter Talbot-Elsden 15 May 2005 A Kestrel and Crow simultaneously mobbed a stoat on the Horseshoe Vetch covered slopes of Mill Hill.
On spring days you should hear skylarks, and may see a number of farmland birds including the yellowhammer, kestrel and pheasants.
Jolen says in kestrel, You 's my fire.
Report by Peter Talbot-Elsden 15 May 2005 A Kestrel and Crow simultaneously mobbed a Stoat on the Horseshoe Vetch covered slopes of Mill Hill.
Sier stands up and wiggles a bit Sier says in kestrel, Let us set a trap for him in the jungle.
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.
The Kestrel 1000 & 2000 are tough, pocket-sized rotating vane anemometers.
The Kestrel was being mobbed by the crows over the scrub to the north, near the stile.
Rosuav says to Abdalan, " I have a pet kestrel, that count?
The person who had been making a hassle of himself, trying to force the young kestrel to talk to him.
American Kestrel Falco sparverius Recorded on ten dates; daily max 6 birds.
On the drive kestrel, spur winged plover, turtle dove and a distant great gray shrike were added.
But there is no soul in Aramanth and Kestrel and her twin brother are becoming increasingly rebellious.
Local kestrel, southern gray shrike and turtle dove all seen near the goat farm by the road.
You are a female kestrel, 5 ' tall, weighing 93 pounds.
Of birds very few are indigenous; the jackdaw, blue solitary thrush, spectacled warbler, the robin, kestrel and the herring-gull.