They have the ability to hover like helicopters above their hunting grounds and target prey from high above. In this painting, I've shown a male kestrel dropping in on an unsuspecting meadow vole. The old fence post gives the composition a strong diagonal force, which lends a sense of momentum to the bird. The vole is situated at the entrance to one of its tunnels.
Males have blue-gray wings and females, which are larger than males, have brown wings.
A clutch of 4-5 eggs is laid between April and June. Thirty to 31 days after hatching the young are ready to leave the nest to go out on their own.