kestrel's

If any British raptors were going to suffer from collisions with wind farms, it would be the kestrel's bigger? and higher-flying? relatives.

Where have all the kestrels gone? 2010

You see I have an extremely sensitive rectum, I could never ride a regular y-foil, or even one of those kestrel's with no seat tube.

Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics BikeSnobNYC 2009

The kestrel's head followed his movement precisely.

Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

The kestrel's eggs had not been broken, strange to say, and formed the nucleus of Arthur's collection, at which Martin worked heart and soul, and introduced Arthur to Howlett the bird-fancier, and instructed him in the rudiments of the art of stuffing.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

Here they advanced as noiselessly as possible, lest keepers or other enemies should be about, and stopped at the foot of a tall fir, at the top of which Martin pointed out with pride the kestrel's nest, the object of their quest.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

"And isn't that the kestrel's nest, then?" asked Arthur.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

She raised her brows, which were like a kestrel's feathers, fine and clear, but downy at the inner ends.

The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958

"I slipped in a bullet to blow a kestrel's head off ...."

The Confessions of Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc 1902

So when his sister Marjorie told him that she wanted a kestrel's egg for her collection, he explored a wood not far away, and discovered a nest which would give him a good piece of climbing.

Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

The kestrel's wings strike downwards and a very little forwards, for his natural tendency is to slip forwards, and the object of slightly reversing his vanes is to prevent this and yet at the same time to support him.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies 1867