American kestrel

    I often see these kestrels around our area but they are usually so skiddish that getting close enough to get a photo never pans out these two were on fence posts on highway 1 in san simeon, zoomed in through the fog then cropped. The kestrel is the smallest of all falcons and by far has the coolest patterns and colors. Like the pergrines that nest at morro rock to the south these kestrels dont build nests either but instead locate cavities to inhabit often taking up abandoned holes of woodpeckers.