Mariel Tharp took this photo of an American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) that was hovering in the air in the Valley.

The American kestrel is not a large bird ... Kestrels are remarkably good at hovering, which allows them to aerially surveil for prey easily. While they sometimes eat birds, kestrels also hunt ...

THE UK'S "hovering hunter" was spotted ready to catch an unsuspecting prey at a Worcestershire landmark. A kestrel, otherwise known as Falco tinnunculus, was ready to swoop onto some unsuspecting ...