English: A Common Kestrel Surveying the area while consuming a kill A very memorable day for me when I took this shot. Still in the early days of both photography and birding, I was trying to shoot this Kestrel perched on a rock when it suddenly dived and caught this small bird - the id I was not sure of. It then proceeded to kill it and then slowly consumed it bit by bit. Only later did I realize through my friends that the prey was a pretty rare bird for our region - a small buttonquail - that somehow lost a leg and hence must have been a sitting duck! The Kestrel - which we never noticed killing other birds - sensed an opportunity and grabbed the small bird. Pretty wild action, but nevertheless memorable.