A BLACKPOLL WARBLER PERCHED IN A TEPEGUAJE TREE, A FAVORITE OF MANY WARBLER SPECIES
SNOW GEESE USE VARIOUS METHODS TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED OF THEIR DESCENT, SOMETIMES 'ROCKING', SOMETIMES FLAPPING THEIR WINGS HARDER AND EVEN ON OCCASION TURNING THEMSELVES COMPLETELY UPSIDE-DOWN IN FLIGHT
WHAT A CATCH! BUT THE RODENT APPEARS TO BE TOO MUCH WEIGHT FOR THIS BRIGHTLY COLORED AMERICAN KESTREL TO HANDLE. HOW DID THIS LITTLE TALE OF MISCALCULATION END?