Kestrel Snacks

The female on the look-out.

She dropped down to the ground and then flew up to another perch with one of the local Northern Italian Wall Lizards.

The first time I heard of lizards in NYC was when I saw a photo that was making the social rounds: this showed an American Kestrel carrying one of these lizards towards a nest.

On Thursday, I watched the female catch three more lizards. One.

Two.

Three. This was over about 17 minutes. Three swoops, coming up with prey each time.

On Friday, I saw the male at it. This is one of two lizards he captured 15 minutes apart. He looked like he was flying them off, out of the cemetery, so perhaps he was feeding them to the female.

Be careful out there, buddy!