Tag: Kestrel

  • Banding Lesser Kestrels in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Banding Lesser Kestrels in the Strait of Gibraltar

    As they do every year, the Tumbabuey banding crew arrived in the village of Los Barrios, in Campo de Gibraltar, right on time to band kestrel chicks. This town, in the province of Cadiz, southern Spain, is home to one of the most important colonies of Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni). This small colonial falcon saw…