Bravo TmJ. A beautiful series that shows the behavior of these birds of prey that with their wings envelop the prey to hide it and eat it in secret , ciao Giangiorgio

Grazie mille Giangiorgio! The behavior of covering up the catch is good for me but not for the photographer on the other side (there were 2 of us shooting this). It's my lucky day since I was shooting the Kestrel and run into this when I see the other photographer aiming at the grass and then I see this ... and snapped away with my Canon 7D Mark II + 500mm F4 IS

Bad day for the rodent. Nice behavioural shot.

Thanks Scott Edwardson! It's real bad for the rodent where I shoot this since there are all sort of Hawks and Kites .. ect that seem to catch them multiple times a day. Actually,, the birds sometimes becomes a pest such that they actually shoot them up after trying to relocate them with no sucess. It's an airport and the consequence of hitting a bird can be a dissaster.